I am Type 2 on Meds can type 2s develop Type 1?

JohnEGreen said:

There are blood tests for antibodies and also c-peptide c-pep is indirectly indicative of how much insulin you are producing the antibody tests show if your immune system has reacted to your pancreatic beta cells in a destructive manner. Also a doctor will look at HbA1c results your general medical history weight loss if any and maybe family history and if you are obese all these things taken together will enable a diagnosis some times it is certain things in isolation of others I for example did not have c-pep or antibody tests done.

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Daibell said:

The simple answer is that many GPs just guess to avoid the cost of doing the tests; I'm one of those 'guesses'

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JohnEGreen said:

And obviously they guessed wrong misdiagnoses does happen often. my doctor symply said no more blood tests for you john it was about cost he was wrong in that as my diabetes specialist ordered antibody test before declaring me type 3E drug induced.

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JohnEGreen said:

It is when your diabetes is caused by long term theraputic use of drugs such as in my case corticosteroids specifically for me Prednisolone this is or was generally known as T3E.

"Drugs conferring a high risk of diabetes
Steroids: Steroid drugs can induce a form of iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome, and are probably the most widely used drugs which confer a high risk of diabetes. A Canadian paediatric study found that 0.4% of childhood diabetes was ascribed to medication, and 55 of 56 children in this category were on steroids. Monogenic diabetes was diagnosed in only 0.2% of children.

Anabolic steroids (synthetic androgens mimicking testosterone or dihydrotestosterone) should not be confused with glucocorticoids. Although they have many unwanted effects, diabetes is not among them."

https://www.diapedia.org/other-types-of-diabetes-mellitus/41040851133/drug-induced-diabetes

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