Free Screening For Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes

It has long been a known fact that if a child has a blood relative with type 1 diabetes, that they are more  likely to develop type 1 diabetes themselves.

Now, through Diabetes TrialNet, a simple blood test can determine whether your child is at risk for type 1 Diabetes up to a decade before symptoms appear.also known as Juvenile Diabetes. Also known as Juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes can't be prevented or cured, but early detection and advance treatment can lessen the severity and even save lives.

TrialNet is a network of 18 Clinical Centers working in cooperation with screening sites throughout the United States, Canada, Finland, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. This network is dedicated to the study, prevention, and early treatment of type 1 diabetes.

For parents who would like to participate in a screening for the earliest signs of type 1 diabetes in children, but do not live near a TrialNet site, screening test kits are available from TrialNet. The test kit can be taken to a local doctor’s office or lab to collect a blood sample, which is then sent to TrialNet’s central laboratory for analysis.

The following relatives may be screened at no charge to determine their risk:

    * relatives between 1 and 45 years of age who have a sibling, child, or parent with type 1 diabetes
    * relatives between 1 and 20 years of age who have cousin, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half sibling or grandparent with type 1 diabetes

For more information: http://www.diabetestrialnet.org