Re: CFRD and GD any links?

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Jen,

I'm willing to bet you won't find a link between a mom having

gestational diabetes and giving birth to a child with CF. Remember

that it takes a CF gene from both parents to produce a child with CF.

However, as you know, whenever you go to a new doctor and fill out

forms about family history, you are generally asked if there are

any family members with heart disease, diabetes, etc. (I keep waiting

for the day that CF will show up on that list!).

You also asked if you having GD might increase the risk of your child

developing CFRD (CF related diabetes) later.

Personally, I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that in *true* cases

where diabetes and arthritis are diagnosed as " CF related " that

these are both preventable!

It is absolutely criminal that medical doctors have pretty much

shrugged off and accepted that some people with CF will " develop "

CF-related diabetes and/or CF-related arthritis.

I acknowledge that SOME people will develop diabetes, but this

CF-related stuff is a joke. If you want to do a study, do a study on

people diagnosed with CFRD and CFRA and tell me what their

intracellular magnesium levels are.

Magnesium is crucial to proper insulin regulation and cell signaling.

Magnesium is necessary for keeping calcium in the bones. When

magnesium deficiency exists then calcium leaches from the bones and

migrates to the tissues and joints. Then you end up with --- drum

roll, please --arthritis! AND you end up with osteoporosis, which is

another thing doctors now watch for in people with CF.

What causes magnesium deficiency? Improper diets, malabsorption (gee,

we don't see THAT in CF do we?). Also, three medications strongly used

in people with CF deplete magnesium:

1) aminoglycoside antibiotics such as tobramycin, TOBI

2) albuterol

3) theophylline

So if you want to help prevent " CF related " diabetes and arthritis,

then start taking magnesium supplments and demand that your doctors

begin checking intracellular magnesium levels at least once a year!

Checking blood levels isn't effective since only 1% of magnesium is

found in the blood. 60% is in bone, 40% in cells. If you do a blood

test and it shows you're low on magnesium, then studies show that low

magnesium really means you're SEVERELY low. If blood levels show

normal range, then you're actually low range.

Just remember that magnesium needs to be spaced AT LEAST two hours

before or after taking macrolide antibiotics such as Zithromax. And if

you have kidney involvement, you should first consult with your

kidney specialist before supplementing magnesium.

Kim

I was wondering if anyone knows of any possible links between a

mother having gestational diabetes and having a child with cf? I had

this with PJ and asked the doctor if this increased his risk of

developing cfrd later in life due to it. He hadn't heard of any

studies being done on the topic. Does anyone know of a connection?

Or if the baby would be at higher risk when they get older? I have

type 2 diabetes all over my family and was told that I would more than

likely develope type 2 diabetes in a few years since I had such a

severe case of GD. I was thinking if no studies have been done, how

interesting one would be. Maybe to find out how often cfrd occurs

in cfer's who's mothers had GD. Ya'll are a great bunch with LOADS

of information, so I figured I ask see if anyone knew.

Jen A. mom to 4, Yolo 2 1/2 and Phynix 6 months all w/cf.