Doctors are still not 100% sure what causes this type of diabetes, but it definitely has nothing to do with eating too many sweets! Factors such as genetics and viral infections have been linked to this chronic autoimmune disease. Researchers have also found that a serious traumatic event in the first 14 years of a child’s life can increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. This is likely what happened to Jean.
A big shock
He was four years old when his mother