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How do I know whether I have type 2 or 1
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What has the doctor said - has he/she suggested any meds at this stage?
If not, then you are probably type 2 but there are other types than 1 and 2. Type 1's require insulin and if he suspected you were a type 1 he/she probably would have said.
If not, then you are probably type 2 but there are other types than 1 and 2. Type 1's require insulin and if he suspected you were a type 1 he/she probably would have said.
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Anonymous
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Ok, do you know which meds? Metformin?
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Anonymous
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Then you are unlikely to be type 1. I would assume you are type 2 until you get to know your diabetes a bit better.
Well, true - that means that your GP thinks it's type 2. That doesn't necessarily mean that you actually have T2 - the thing is that doctors will generally assume* type 2 unless there's a smoking gun (child or young adult, DKA or significant weight loss). That's presumably what swimmer2 meant when he said "you are unlikely to be type 1"
* That may sound unscientific but it is actually statistics trickery; the reason for all of has to do with the sensitivity/specificity (depends on whether you think about it as diagnosing or excluding T1) and the baseline proportion of T1 to T2 patients: 90% of diabetics type 2, in that group it will be even higher (because you're excluding all the children with T1), so for that group an expensive test would tell you that it's "probably" T2 which you knew anyway (but you're a little bit more certain). The resulting action is the same: Treat as T2 and monitor for changes.
* That may sound unscientific but it is actually statistics trickery; the reason for all of has to do with the sensitivity/specificity (depends on whether you think about it as diagnosing or excluding T1) and the baseline proportion of T1 to T2 patients: 90% of diabetics type 2, in that group it will be even higher (because you're excluding all the children with T1), so for that group an expensive test would tell you that it's "probably" T2 which you knew anyway (but you're a little bit more certain). The resulting action is the same: Treat as T2 and monitor for changes.
