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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 478627" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. There is a forum for just LADA T1.5 in the forum list which may help. Basically T1 can come on at any time from birth to your 90s. Most commonly it is in the early years. T1 can result from a range of causes but most commonly it is caused by anti-bodies which attack the islet cells. When T1 occurs in, say, your 20s onwards it will be classed as LADA (Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adults) but the causes are similar. T1 or T1.5 can appear very quickly or slowly and this is where mis-diagnosis can occur. The establishment is stuck in a time-warp where it tends to recognise only T1 at a very early age or T2 at any time. Quite a few LADAs (I'm one) will be mis-diagnosed as T2 by default due to age. There are tests for the anti-bodies such as GAD but there are rarer anti-bodies which aren't tested for normally. The other test given is the c-peptide which measures the amount of insulin being produced. In a T1/T1.5 it will be low. In aT2 it will be high. Note that viruses, pancreatitis and so on can result in T1.5 where typically only the c-peptide will show a result as there are no anti-bodies. Treatment will be diet, tablets and then thru to insulin when needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 478627, member: 21149"] Hi. There is a forum for just LADA T1.5 in the forum list which may help. Basically T1 can come on at any time from birth to your 90s. Most commonly it is in the early years. T1 can result from a range of causes but most commonly it is caused by anti-bodies which attack the islet cells. When T1 occurs in, say, your 20s onwards it will be classed as LADA (Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adults) but the causes are similar. T1 or T1.5 can appear very quickly or slowly and this is where mis-diagnosis can occur. The establishment is stuck in a time-warp where it tends to recognise only T1 at a very early age or T2 at any time. Quite a few LADAs (I'm one) will be mis-diagnosed as T2 by default due to age. There are tests for the anti-bodies such as GAD but there are rarer anti-bodies which aren't tested for normally. The other test given is the c-peptide which measures the amount of insulin being produced. In a T1/T1.5 it will be low. In aT2 it will be high. Note that viruses, pancreatitis and so on can result in T1.5 where typically only the c-peptide will show a result as there are no anti-bodies. Treatment will be diet, tablets and then thru to insulin when needed. [/QUOTE]
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