In honor of the fact that Brain Awareness Week is this week I decided to do a little research.
Myself and many others have a brain disorder called Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum which means we were born without the Corpus Callosum (CC) So I looked up to see if there was a connection between Diabetes and ACC.I found so much information. If you don't know what the Corpus Callosum is- it is the part of the brain that connects the two sides of the brain and sends messages.
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder and those with metabolic disorders themselves or in their family could possibly have ACC.
Each case of ACC in a person is different you can go to my blog and website about ACC here:
https://sites.google.com/site/accawareness/
http://accawareness.blogspot.com/
Another bit of information that I found. Those with ACC can be diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus which is A rare form of diabetes caused by a deficiency of the pituitary hormone vasopressin due to damage of the posterior pituitary lobe., which regulates kidney function. Symptoms are: there is an abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake, and often thirst.
So Diabetes Insipidus can be found in those with ACC while parents with Diabetes have the possibility of having children born with ACC.
Sources: http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/di.pdf
http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter11/chapter11cHPEcallosum.html
https://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS293&q=define+diabetes+insipidus&oq=define+Diabetes+i&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=1022l6023l0l8586l19l16l0l1l1l0l321l1881l3.4.3.1l11l0#hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS293&q=diabetes+insipidus&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=uldfT-XKLojA2gW7m8yUCA&ved=0CCwQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=e50b7ed8b228eb18&biw=1241&bih=584
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