1 in 20 diabetics diagnoses a "serious error".

[catherinecherub]

Saw this article in Pulse,

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?s ... 128693&c=2

Seems the majority of mistakes were Type 2's wrongly classed as Type 1.

"for the majority of people, misdiagnosis or misclassification won't seriously impact on their care. But reclassification will in the long term improve it" :roll: :roll: :roll:
Thought the above comment was a bit too relaxed for my liking as were some of the comments following the article.

 

[ailz]

My next door neighbour was diagnosed as a diabetic - and put on insulin. It was later decided that he had tuberculosis, then he had a couple of strokes (he was 45 at the time). He was taken off the insulin but had to go back on it. He died aged 50, through god knows what - his partner could never get a straight answer.

Ailz