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Breakthrough in Scotland - C-Peptide Blood Test

That's very interesting. I go to the Royal Infirmary, not the Western General. But I have been very impressed by the way the ECED has been offering Freestyle Libre.

Maybe the way they've organised themselves is making them more innovative.
 
I would like to hear more on how someone who was on insulin could then stop because of this test, which isn't a new one by any means...

It just sounds like they are using the test and an excuse for wrongly diagnosing people......

Interesting about the genetic variants of it though......which is MODY is it not.....
 
I assumed they found out she wasn't T1D. Guess they didn't do an antibodies test or she was one of the small percentage who are treated as T1 even without antibodies.

Bit odd suggesting people can come off insulin because of it though. I'm still producing some insulin per c-peptide but that just means my now low doses will increase as my beta cells due off.
 
Remember that when she was diagnosed there were no drugs that could be used when spmeone body is making very little inslin, and that it is normal for people to make a little in honeymoon anyway. Hence the diagnoses did not result in sub optimal outcomes at the time.
 
Circuspony said:
I assumed they found out she wasn't T1D. Guess they didn't do an antibodies test or she was one of the small percentage who are treated as T1 even without antibodies.

Bit odd suggesting people can come off insulin because of it though. I'm still producing some insulin per c-peptide but that just means my now low doses will increase as my beta cells due off.
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I suspect this article is missing detail beyond the c-peptide testing. Surely as a result of that test, if she was found to be producing some, there were then further avenues explored such as the genetic testing to determine MODY?
 
Circuspony said:
I assumed they found out she wasn't T1D. Guess they didn't do an antibodies test or she was one of the small percentage who are treated as T1 even without antibodies.
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It has alway be the case that about 25% of people with type1 don't test positive for antibodies. Also a few people without diabetes sometimes test positive with low levels and then stop doing so. So the antibody test is not a 100% clear cut.
 
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