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Diabetic sperm will have birth defects?
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If husband is diabetic, and wife is conceived, diabetic sperm can cause any birth defects in baby?
Or any chance baby will get type1 diabetes?
Thanks.
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Diabetes may cause genetic modification during sperm production and these genes may be altered and can pass to next generation which may increase the risk of diabetes in the child.
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