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Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
How is type1 1/2 differentiated from type 2?
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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 1142748" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. I think I may have replied previously. As you have realised it's a lottery out there with regard to late onset T1 and T2 diagnosis. Some GPs, like mine, didn't recognise late onset T1 as a condition so that's not a good start. Other GPs assume that you have to be GAD positive to be a T1 which isn't true. The fact is in many ways it doesn't matter. It's important to have a c-peptide test to check what you natural insulin level is and to be given insulin if it's too low and also your HBa1C is too high. Like you, my GAD was negative but that doesn't mean you aren't a Late onset T1 (the latest NICE Diabetes T1 DEC 2015 Guidelines point this out) as there are other causes of islet cell failure and the GAD is less reliable as time elapses after diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 1142748, member: 21149"] Hi. I think I may have replied previously. As you have realised it's a lottery out there with regard to late onset T1 and T2 diagnosis. Some GPs, like mine, didn't recognise late onset T1 as a condition so that's not a good start. Other GPs assume that you have to be GAD positive to be a T1 which isn't true. The fact is in many ways it doesn't matter. It's important to have a c-peptide test to check what you natural insulin level is and to be given insulin if it's too low and also your HBa1C is too high. Like you, my GAD was negative but that doesn't mean you aren't a Late onset T1 (the latest NICE Diabetes T1 DEC 2015 Guidelines point this out) as there are other causes of islet cell failure and the GAD is less reliable as time elapses after diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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