Xu Xiuxiu, dazed, hung up the phone and felt somewhat at a loss for words. She really didn't have much of a concept about the disease; the term "diabetes" was something she had often heard mentioned in passing, but she instinctively thought it was a disease that only older people would get. It was utterly bizarre that an infant not even two months old could also suffer from diabetes.
It was Mrs. Song who had cleared things up for her after hearing from the doctor. Over the phone, Mrs. Song had given her a rough explanation. Apparently, it is possible for infants to develop diabetes. There are many reasons why this could happen, including improper breastfeeding and dietary issues, but there was also a much larger factor: genetic disease. Diabetes could be inherited, so infant diabetes cases were typically headed by genetic conditions, but that did not exclude other possibilities altogether.
