elaine77
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Like I said Mr. Happy, those are the words of an endocrine consultant and actually, at this moment in time, there ARE only 2 types of diabetes officially recognised by the medical profession. Type 1.5/LADA is well referred to in conversations but doesn't actually exist as an official type in the industry yet. Some people refer to a type 3 diabetes where pancreatitis and removal of the pancreas cause diabetes but the jury is out on whether that can be classed as the same thing because it has nothing to do with a disease and is an organ issue.
Although I agree that there are a lot of variations in the way the disease(type 1) or the condition(type 2) manifests and progresses, technically there IS just auto immune and non auto immune as everyone with diabetes can be categorised as one or the other by testing for the presence of auto antibodies that destroy the insulin producing cells in the pancreas.
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.
Although I agree that there are a lot of variations in the way the disease(type 1) or the condition(type 2) manifests and progresses, technically there IS just auto immune and non auto immune as everyone with diabetes can be categorised as one or the other by testing for the presence of auto antibodies that destroy the insulin producing cells in the pancreas.
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.