Can a person of age 22 get effected with diabetes? If so, what are the reasons and how to get rid of it? "He wanted to look himself like a bodybuilder. Will there be any disturbance with diabetes?

Dr. Prabhakar Laxman JatharEndocrinologist47yrs exp

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Hello, Thanks for the query. Diabetes mellitus can develop at any age including early infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. The main reasons are: 1)Lack of Insulin secretion from beta cells of pancreas, 2) Resistance to insulin action due to excess fa, 3) Physical inactivity, 4) Being over weight and 5) family history. Modified lifestyle adaptation can prevent development of T2 diabetes, like taking restricted healthy balanced diet, exercising regularly for over 1 hour a day, maintaining normal body weight, avoiding alcohol and smoking. Once diabetes develops it is essential to treat it appropriately with drugs, diet control and exercise. If one wants to build a muscular body there is no difficulty even with diabetes. Thanks.  

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