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There is so much confusion with diabetes. I propose a name change for the disease.
Type one diabetes - The pancreas does not produce any insulin, or enough insulin. The patient must inject the right amount of insulin everyday or eventually they will go blind and have their legs amputated. Type one is very rare in terms of overall diabetes statistics. There are a few tests to determine if someone has type one diabetes. It is irresponsible of any doctor to prescribe insulin without doing these tests:
"The C-peptide test may be ordered to determine how much insulin is being made by the pancreas. This information is useful because:
1.It can help doctors tell the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin and little or no C-peptide. In type 2 diabetes, C-peptide levels will typically be normal or high, as the pancreas works harder to overcome insulin resistance (when the tissues become less sensitive to the effects of insulin) by producing more insulin.
2.It can help find the cause of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), including the incorrect use of diabetes medications."
"1. C-Peptide—Instead of checking for antibodies, this test measures how much C-peptide is in your blood. Because levels of this peptide generally match insulin levels in the body, the test can indicate how much insulin your body is producing. Low levels of C-peptide and insulin usually point to type 1 diabetes.
2. Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies (GADA or Anti-GAD)—This test looks for antibodies built against a specific enzyme in the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin.
3. Insulin Autoantibodies (IAA)—In addition to attacking beta cells, the immune system in people with type 1 diabetes also targets insulin, says Laffel. This tests looks for the antibodies targeting insulin.
4. Insulinoma-Associated-2 Autoantibodies (IA-2A)—This test looks for antibodies mounted against a specific enzyme in beta cells. Both the IA-2A and GADA tests are common type 1 antibody tests performed at endocrinology offices.
5. Islet Cell Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies (ICA)—Islet cells are clusters of cells in the pancreas that sense blood glucose levels and dole out insulin accordingly. This test looks at the reaction between islet cell antibodies from humans and a variety of islet cell proteins (including beta cells) from an animal pancreas, says Laffel. If your antibodies react with the animal islet cells, you have a marker for type 1. This is the oldest type 1 antibody test, and is not used as frequently today.
6. Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8Ab)—The newest type 1 test, this looks at antibodies targeting an enzyme that is specific to beta cells. This test may not be as readily available."
Type one and a half diabetes - The pancreas does not produce any insulin, or enough insulin and the person also has type two diabetes. This should still be considered a type one disease because the patient must inject insulin everyday. Rare still because type one is rare.
Type two diabetes - The type that is the epidemic. It has nothing to do with type one. The pancreas makes enough insulin and in most cases more insulin than a normal person, but insulin can not do its job because something is stopping it from working properly. It's not the pancreas, it's something else. The patient does not need to inject insulin but instead needs to take drugs to lower blood glucose to keep it from getting too high too quickly because it takes much longer for them to metabolism glucose than a normal person. If a person has to inject any amount of insulin but claims to only be a type two, then they are being foolish or they really do have type one but they just don't know the difference.
The word "diabetes" needs to be removed to avoid confusion.
Type one diabetes should be renamed to "pancreatic insulin disease." Because the pancreas does more than just produce insulin.
Type two diabetes should be renamed to "insulin resistance disease."
Well, now that I look at it, the world insulin should also not be used in both names.
Type one diabetes should be renamed to "hypoinsulinemia."
Type two diabetes should be renamed to "glucometanemia." Glu-co-met-a-ne-mia, glucose metabolism disorder.
Now type one diabetics can call themselves "hypoinsulinemic."
And type twos "glucometanemic."
Anyone have any name ideas?
Type one diabetes - The pancreas does not produce any insulin, or enough insulin. The patient must inject the right amount of insulin everyday or eventually they will go blind and have their legs amputated. Type one is very rare in terms of overall diabetes statistics. There are a few tests to determine if someone has type one diabetes. It is irresponsible of any doctor to prescribe insulin without doing these tests:
"The C-peptide test may be ordered to determine how much insulin is being made by the pancreas. This information is useful because:
1.It can help doctors tell the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin and little or no C-peptide. In type 2 diabetes, C-peptide levels will typically be normal or high, as the pancreas works harder to overcome insulin resistance (when the tissues become less sensitive to the effects of insulin) by producing more insulin.
2.It can help find the cause of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), including the incorrect use of diabetes medications."
"1. C-Peptide—Instead of checking for antibodies, this test measures how much C-peptide is in your blood. Because levels of this peptide generally match insulin levels in the body, the test can indicate how much insulin your body is producing. Low levels of C-peptide and insulin usually point to type 1 diabetes.
2. Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies (GADA or Anti-GAD)—This test looks for antibodies built against a specific enzyme in the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin.
3. Insulin Autoantibodies (IAA)—In addition to attacking beta cells, the immune system in people with type 1 diabetes also targets insulin, says Laffel. This tests looks for the antibodies targeting insulin.
4. Insulinoma-Associated-2 Autoantibodies (IA-2A)—This test looks for antibodies mounted against a specific enzyme in beta cells. Both the IA-2A and GADA tests are common type 1 antibody tests performed at endocrinology offices.
5. Islet Cell Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies (ICA)—Islet cells are clusters of cells in the pancreas that sense blood glucose levels and dole out insulin accordingly. This test looks at the reaction between islet cell antibodies from humans and a variety of islet cell proteins (including beta cells) from an animal pancreas, says Laffel. If your antibodies react with the animal islet cells, you have a marker for type 1. This is the oldest type 1 antibody test, and is not used as frequently today.
6. Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8Ab)—The newest type 1 test, this looks at antibodies targeting an enzyme that is specific to beta cells. This test may not be as readily available."
Type one and a half diabetes - The pancreas does not produce any insulin, or enough insulin and the person also has type two diabetes. This should still be considered a type one disease because the patient must inject insulin everyday. Rare still because type one is rare.
Type two diabetes - The type that is the epidemic. It has nothing to do with type one. The pancreas makes enough insulin and in most cases more insulin than a normal person, but insulin can not do its job because something is stopping it from working properly. It's not the pancreas, it's something else. The patient does not need to inject insulin but instead needs to take drugs to lower blood glucose to keep it from getting too high too quickly because it takes much longer for them to metabolism glucose than a normal person. If a person has to inject any amount of insulin but claims to only be a type two, then they are being foolish or they really do have type one but they just don't know the difference.
The word "diabetes" needs to be removed to avoid confusion.
Type one diabetes should be renamed to "pancreatic insulin disease." Because the pancreas does more than just produce insulin.
Type two diabetes should be renamed to "insulin resistance disease."
Well, now that I look at it, the world insulin should also not be used in both names.
Type one diabetes should be renamed to "hypoinsulinemia."
Type two diabetes should be renamed to "glucometanemia." Glu-co-met-a-ne-mia, glucose metabolism disorder.
Now type one diabetics can call themselves "hypoinsulinemic."
And type twos "glucometanemic."
Anyone have any name ideas?
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