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As population trends change and grow, the NHS and GPs can sometimes be left playing catch-up. New evidence has indicated a trend which could be leading to people with type 1 diabetes being misdiagnosed.
There is a certain age-prejudice surrounding type 1 diabetes, one that hasn't quite shaken loose yet. Back in the day, type 1 diabetes was known as 'juvenile diabetes', because it was normally diagnosed in children.
This no longer seems to be true as half of all cases of type 1 diabetes are apparently being diagnosed when the patient is above the age of 30. If a doctor sees high blood glucose levels in a patient over 30, will that patient be at risk of being misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes? Can it be that hard to tell which type of diabetes a person has?
We have an example right here on the Forum. Take a look at SamMac's story who only saw success with his diagnosis after a chance encounter at the GP's reception desk.
Even if type 2 is sometimes misdiagnosed as type 1, we know that prevalence of type 2 diabetes is steadily climbing. In fact, costs for lifestyle associated illnesses have now topped 11 billion pounds, Public Health England has reported. But some researchers from Melbourne have come up with an really interesting way in which exercise levels can be organically boosted, and it involves a blueprint of an entire city. Check it out.
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