Diabetes and Menopause
Diabetes and Menopause
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 Although
24 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes, it's estimated that
an additional 5.7 million people have the disease but don't know it. Type
2 diabetes doesn't always have clear symptoms, and often isn't diagnosed
until found accidentally during a physical or check-up. Is the condition
really symptomless or are there early warning signs that can sound the
alarm?
Menopause is the phase of life after your periods have stopped. Diabetes and menopause may team up for varied effects on your body, including:
It
is known that women with type 1 diabetes have a delayed menarche and a
greater prevalence of menstrual disorders than women without diabetes.
However, before this research, little was known about the menopausal transition
among type 1 diabetic women. The Familial Autoimmune and Diabetes (FAD)
Study recruited both adult individuals who were identified from the Children's
Hospital of Pittsburgh Type 1 registry for the years 1950-1964 and their
family members. Unrelated non-diabetic control probands and their relatives
were also evaluated.
The study appears in Diabetes 50(8):1857-1862,2000 by Janice S. Dorman, Ph.D. et al. |
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