Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes is a lifelong condition that usually requires frequent insulin injections to prevent life-threatening situations. It is thought to be the result of an autoimmune condition. Understanding how vaccines can trigger autoimmune disease can shed some light on this research.
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Findings: This study tracked the increase in Type 1 Diabetes that occurred after the addition of more vaccines to the normal childhood vaccine schedule.
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| Clustering of cases of type 1 diabetes mellitus occurring 2–4 years after vaccination is consistent with clustering after infections and progression to type 1 diabetes mellitus in autoantibody positive individuals |  |
