Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
Is anyone here a Type 1.5 Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults? I have had 3 endocrinologists and they all say they think that is what I am--gestional diabetes, dx diabetes in 30's, insulin treatment within the first 2 months of diagnosis, insulin for over 30 years. Just wondering if there are any tests they can do? I should ask my endo. I really makes no difference in my medical treatment but just curious how many are out there that are diagnosed?
Hope you find some answers. Good luck
'''Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults''' (LADA) is a genetically-linked, hereditary autoimmune disorder that results in the body mistaking the pancreas as foreign and responds by attacking and destroying the insulin-producing beta islet cells of the pancreas. Simply stated, autoimmune disorders, including LADA, are an "allergy to self."
In its early stages LADA typically presents as type 2 diabetes and is often misdiagnosed as such. However, LADA more closely resembles the juvenile form of type 1 diabetes, although it is not classified as the same disease .
LADA carries a high-risk factor of becoming insulin dependent and shares common physiological characteristics of type 1 diabetes for metabolic dysfunction, genetics, and autoimmune features but does not affect children.[1]
Doctors suspect I am one..I have been on Insulin for 40+ years.