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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2124267" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>30% of us type 1/LADA's are misdiagnosed as type 2's at first. Because type 1/LADA is very slow developing it is often mistaken for type 2. It means you make insulin, some for up to 8 years even, until you don't. A couple of the signs of type 1 versus type 2 is having DKA, not impossible as a type 2, but DKA is often a way someone finds out they are type 1. Plus needing insulin so soon. But a type 2 could need that too. But suspicious. I was one of those that was misdiagnosed and told I was a type 2 by my GP and then an endo without any testing done. It wasn't until I switched doctors and was then sent to a new endo that she did the testing right away and I was properly diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>The 2 tests recommended are C-peptide which tells you how much insulin your body is still making. If you are a type 2 usually this is a higher number to compensate for insulin resistance. A type one can still be in normal range at the beginning but it will be on the lower end of normal and decrease as time goes on. An antibody test, sometimes they just do a GAD one, shows if you have the antibodies of being a type 1.</p><p></p><p>So I would get copies of any tests they did, so you can see if they did either one and you can look them up and see where they are at. It's important you can see them yourself as different interpretations are sometimes made by different doctors.</p><p></p><p>It ends up making a difference as treatment is different.. I'm not saying you are a type 1 at all. But since misdiagnosis is such a problem it is something to watch out for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2124267, member: 475037"] 30% of us type 1/LADA's are misdiagnosed as type 2's at first. Because type 1/LADA is very slow developing it is often mistaken for type 2. It means you make insulin, some for up to 8 years even, until you don't. A couple of the signs of type 1 versus type 2 is having DKA, not impossible as a type 2, but DKA is often a way someone finds out they are type 1. Plus needing insulin so soon. But a type 2 could need that too. But suspicious. I was one of those that was misdiagnosed and told I was a type 2 by my GP and then an endo without any testing done. It wasn't until I switched doctors and was then sent to a new endo that she did the testing right away and I was properly diagnosed. The 2 tests recommended are C-peptide which tells you how much insulin your body is still making. If you are a type 2 usually this is a higher number to compensate for insulin resistance. A type one can still be in normal range at the beginning but it will be on the lower end of normal and decrease as time goes on. An antibody test, sometimes they just do a GAD one, shows if you have the antibodies of being a type 1. So I would get copies of any tests they did, so you can see if they did either one and you can look them up and see where they are at. It's important you can see them yourself as different interpretations are sometimes made by different doctors. It ends up making a difference as treatment is different.. I'm not saying you are a type 1 at all. But since misdiagnosis is such a problem it is something to watch out for. [/QUOTE]
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