A German study found that family history increases the risk of developing type 1 diabetes among children.
The researchers advised parents to test for antibodies to diabetes in the blood, in the presence of at least two of the antibodies at least, will increase the likelihood of a child severely diabetes. However, a child may develop diabetes despite the absence of antibodies in his blood. "
The German endocrinologist Dr. Martin Holder said that type 1 diabetes is part of autoimmune diseases, as the immune system attacks the pancreas for no known reason.