Type 1b diabetes

[redrevis]

Have you heard of type 1b diabetes? I sure hadn't!

http://diabetessocmed.com/2012/autoimmune-or-not-what-is-type-1b-diabetes/

So it's basically type 1 which is caused by genetics and isn't the bodies autoimmune system killing the beta cells, it's just the beta cells not producing insulin for some genetic reason.

Learn something new everyday 🙂

 

[HelenM]

Type 1 is actually divided by the World Health organisation into 2 types 1a (autoimmune) and 1b (idiopathic ie they don't know what caused it) T1b may include insulin deficient/ketosis prone diabetes caused by several different things.
The type of diabetes she seems to be describing is sometimes called T1b but recently is more often called ketosis prone T2 nowadays. Its main characteristic is that the need for insulin varies overtime with some periods when the persons levels can shoot very high and risk DKA followed by periods of remission.
It was first found in African Americans and then American 'Hispanics', they have also found it in N African immigrants to France. More recently,cases have been described in other ethnic groups , though so far very few have been reported in Asians and Caucasians.(is anyone looking?)
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http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/blogs/what-kind-of-people-get

 

[Northerner]

...The type of diabetes she seems to be describing is sometimes called T1b but recently is more often called ketosis prone T2 nowadays. Its main characteristic is that the need for insulin varies overtime with some periods when the persons levels can shoot very high and risk DKA followed by periods of remission.
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That sounds a bit like me! Diagnosed with DKA, started on 20 lantus and now haven't taken any lantus for several weeks. Hmm...

 

[HelenM]

One quote from the blogger (who is just that ie not an authority' so you really need to follow up the references.) .

In addition to ethnicity, clinical features predictive of future near-normoglycemic remission are obesity and a family history of type 2 diabetes

I don't think that bit describes you.

 

[Northerner]

...I don't think that bit describes you.

Yes, you're probably right there 🙂

 

[Ellie Jones]

Did anybody check out the HGG diet😱

As to T1a/b in most cases it really wouldn't make a difference, as I was misdiagnosed at the beginning, really didn't matter which type I was, as I would still need my insulin!