Hi my boyfriend has type 3 diabetes and we cant figure out why all of the things we have read so far talk about bad diet and unhealthy weight. He weighs only 10 stone and does not eat unhealthily and I want to know why he has it in the first place? And if there is anything he can do to stop symptoms occuring or even get rid of it completely? He was told it is anxiety related and then there are other websites saying it can be linked to Alzheimers disease (which my grandfather suffers with currently and is very scary to think that this could happen to him). May I add hes is only 22.
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Type 3 Diabetes
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I think you are a bit confused about the different types of diabetes. From what you say, it sounds like he has Type 1 diabetes, which is different in many ways to the more common Type 2. Type 2 diabetes is often linked to being overweight, whereas Type 1 is caused (it is thought) y the body's own immune system attacking the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. Although the causes are different, they do share many of the same issues, as uncontrolled blood sugar levels are common to both if left untreated.
There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes, only treatment with injections of insulin. There is no Type 3 diabetes, to my knowledge. How does he treat his diabetes? When and how was he diagnosed?
There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes, only treatment with injections of insulin. There is no Type 3 diabetes, to my knowledge. How does he treat his diabetes? When and how was he diagnosed?
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Now you mention that Redrevis, I recall that being in the news a little while ago.
Hi gibsong and welcome to the forum.
Was your boyfriend diagnosed with Type3 by a Consultant? If so, he needs to ask for another appointment so that you can ask more questions. You need to know more about what is happening and how it is proposed to treat him.
Is anybody giving him treatment for his anxiety, i.e. medication or talking therapies?
I did find this article that suggests Type3 is caused by impaired brain insulin sensitivity.
http://www.timeforwellness.org/blog-view/type-3-diabetes-do-you-have-diabetes-on-the-brain-226
I have always thought that knowledge is power so you really do need some specialist input. I would suggest you write a list of questions that you need answers for,
Take care,
Maisie.
First, I agree with the others that your b/f should check what the doctor has said.
All those articles suggesting that Alzheimers is a Type 3 diabetes are people using the term in a non official way so don't frighten yourself with those articles on the web which use this label.
In 95% of cases people have one of either 2 types of diabetes. T1 or T2.
There are many other forms/causes of diabetes though and I would disagree with the others about there being no T3 diabetes but what is sometimes called T3 really doesn't seem to cover what you've said about your B/F
People who develop diabetes through a specific known cause are occasionally categorised as having T3. Its not a term used often and it applies to diabetes caused by a variety of things such as a known genetic cause or caused by the actions of a particular drug, or when another disease has damaged the pancreas . There are many such causes but all are fairly rare and even when people have these causes most doctors don't label them as T3. Stress is far more 'vague' and isn't one of those listed
Gibsong, don't read the next bit More info than I think you need or is relevant to your B/F but some of the others may perhaps be interested as to why I disagree on there being no T3.
In official documents {WHO and ADA} there is a category3/ III which then has subsets a-h, each with several examples. This has led to these conditions sometimes being referred to as T3.
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/Supplement_1/S64/T1.expansion.html
I've seen T3 listed on a few general websites (ie this wiki health one: http://www.wikihealth.com/Diabetes#Type_3_diabetes_mellitus
Type 3c is quite often used for pancreatic diabetes indeed even the NHS info page on pancreatic diabetes calls it type 3. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pancreatitis-chronic/Pages/Complications.aspx
MODY is a condtion with a specific genetic cause and thus is type 3a .
All those articles suggesting that Alzheimers is a Type 3 diabetes are people using the term in a non official way so don't frighten yourself with those articles on the web which use this label.
In 95% of cases people have one of either 2 types of diabetes. T1 or T2.
There are many other forms/causes of diabetes though and I would disagree with the others about there being no T3 diabetes but what is sometimes called T3 really doesn't seem to cover what you've said about your B/F
People who develop diabetes through a specific known cause are occasionally categorised as having T3. Its not a term used often and it applies to diabetes caused by a variety of things such as a known genetic cause or caused by the actions of a particular drug, or when another disease has damaged the pancreas . There are many such causes but all are fairly rare and even when people have these causes most doctors don't label them as T3. Stress is far more 'vague' and isn't one of those listed
Gibsong, don't read the next bit More info than I think you need or is relevant to your B/F but some of the others may perhaps be interested as to why I disagree on there being no T3.
In official documents {WHO and ADA} there is a category3/ III which then has subsets a-h, each with several examples. This has led to these conditions sometimes being referred to as T3.
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/Supplement_1/S64/T1.expansion.html
I've seen T3 listed on a few general websites (ie this wiki health one: http://www.wikihealth.com/Diabetes#Type_3_diabetes_mellitus
Type 3c is quite often used for pancreatic diabetes indeed even the NHS info page on pancreatic diabetes calls it type 3. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pancreatitis-chronic/Pages/Complications.aspx
MODY is a condtion with a specific genetic cause and thus is type 3a .
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Thanks for the clarification Helen 🙂
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