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robbo5257

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In April this year I was rushed into hospital as my sugar levels had gone through the roof and had ketones in my urine .Since that day I have carried out a fairly strict diet regime and exercised on a fairly regular basis.I have now been taken of all medication and my levels are near as **** it back to normal.Is this possible or did I never have Diabetes in the first place.
Is there some form of Viral Infection that mimics diabetes. Any help gratefully recieved
 
Rob, what does your doctor say?
Many people have a honeymoon period when insulin needs decrease after being diagnosed with type 1. A few of these are able to stop insulin completely for a while but not forever(though many docs don't advise it) see
http://www.joslin.org/info/will_diabetes_go_away.html

There are lots of reports of people getting various viruses and this being followed by DKA and diabetes but sorry I haven't read that the diabetes then resolves.

There is a relatively rare condition called 'flatbush' diabetes or atypical diabetes or ketotsis prone type 2 diabetes. This was originally found in African Americans but there have been cases of it being diagnosed in people from other ethnic groups. The person is often overweight with a family history of type 2. This is a type of diabetes that presents with DKA , and needs insulin but then there seems to be a remmision. They can then be off insulin for a number of years but the majority have to use it or some other diabetes drug in the long run.
I've included a link to a case study as it describes the condition.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592328/

Sorry not to be more positive but the best person to discuss this with is your doctor who knows you.

Edited as seemed to have missed out part of a sentence which changed the meaning
 
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