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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1615054" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>If your son is antibody negative then he may just fall into the 25% of type 1s who are antibody negative. There's a variety of reasons he could be testing negative but still have auto immune type 1: the antibodies might just not be showing up (they might not be actively killing off beta cells at the time of the test) the antibodies killing off your sons beta cell might be ones that are not yet recognised/tested for.</p><p></p><p>Antibody negative type 1 is called idiopathic type 1.</p><p>Idiopathic = we don't know what causes it (because we haven't fount antibodies)</p><p>Type 1 = autoimmune diabetes.</p><p></p><p>If you are waiting on the results of a wider family genetic screening I wonder if to do that your doctor found some family history of diabetes? The genetic testing would be for MODY.</p><p></p><p>A strong honeymoon in a child with type 1 is fairly uncommon. But your son is taking insulin and a type 1s can and do honeymoon and continue to produce insulin for a while after diagnosis. If he needs insulin to keep his blood sugar in check then wishing it's not type 1 just because he's antibody negative is really just wishful thinking (which is totally understandable) because, as previously stated, 25% of type 1s are antibody negative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1615054, member: 32394"] If your son is antibody negative then he may just fall into the 25% of type 1s who are antibody negative. There's a variety of reasons he could be testing negative but still have auto immune type 1: the antibodies might just not be showing up (they might not be actively killing off beta cells at the time of the test) the antibodies killing off your sons beta cell might be ones that are not yet recognised/tested for. Antibody negative type 1 is called idiopathic type 1. Idiopathic = we don't know what causes it (because we haven't fount antibodies) Type 1 = autoimmune diabetes. If you are waiting on the results of a wider family genetic screening I wonder if to do that your doctor found some family history of diabetes? The genetic testing would be for MODY. A strong honeymoon in a child with type 1 is fairly uncommon. But your son is taking insulin and a type 1s can and do honeymoon and continue to produce insulin for a while after diagnosis. If he needs insulin to keep his blood sugar in check then wishing it's not type 1 just because he's antibody negative is really just wishful thinking (which is totally understandable) because, as previously stated, 25% of type 1s are antibody negative. [/QUOTE]
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