I am frequently amazed at the amount of grime, goo, and general crumb-iness a 13 month old baby produces. Sometimes I have to admit that I just let the mess stay on the rug, couch, kitchen floor, Cameron's face, etc. After reading the following article, however, I am rejoicing in the fact that I don't always whip out the Clorox wipes immediately. I am not being a slob, I am preventing Cameron from having diabetes!
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August 2010
No one knows what triggers type 1 diabetes, but research suggests that environmental factors may be behind the disease's increasing prevalence. An analysis of hospital records revealed that children with more siblings or from disadvantaged families were less likely to develop the disease than those from smaller, wealthier families. The authors say the finding supports the theory that extremely clean environments foster a misfiring immune system that attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, as happens in type 1 diabetes.
1 comments:
Aaaaaaahhhhhh... It all makes sense now.
I no longer have to wonder why our kids are not showing any signs of Jv-onset diabetes!
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