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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A young woman with a rare form of diabetes is getting ready to jump out of a plane in aid of charity.
Laura Waddell, 20, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 18.
But specialists found that Laura didn?t quite fit the criteria of the condition and started to investigate genetically, which is how they discovered the rare form.
In December last year, Laura was given a new diagnosis called MIDD, maternally-inherited diabetes and deafness, which only affects around one per cent of of diabetics.
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co...-to-land-cash-for-diabetes-research-1-6451345
MIDD is a new one on me! 😱
Laura Waddell, 20, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 18.
But specialists found that Laura didn?t quite fit the criteria of the condition and started to investigate genetically, which is how they discovered the rare form.
In December last year, Laura was given a new diagnosis called MIDD, maternally-inherited diabetes and deafness, which only affects around one per cent of of diabetics.
http://www.northumberlandgazette.co...-to-land-cash-for-diabetes-research-1-6451345
MIDD is a new one on me! 😱