Diabetes: Type 1 and 2 known for since 500 AD, Type 1.5 (LADA) known since 1993
Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults Wikipedia
‘It is estimated that more than 50% of persons diagnosed as having non-obesity-related type 2 diabetes may actually have LADA’
“It is estimated that between 6-50% of all persons, depending on population, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes might actually have LADA.”
“ This number accounts for an estimated 5%-10% of the total diabetes population in the U.S. or, as many as 3.5 million persons with LADA”
What Is LADA Diabetes and Why is it Being Called a Pending Epidemic? June 2013 – good overview
- Does it really matter how each one works, so long as your doctor diagnoses it and gives you the right treatment?
- Well, that’s the main problem with LADA
- – it can be very hard to diagnose by a physician who hasn’t seen it before, and the treatment it requires is quite different from Type 1 OR Type 2.
- "A misdiagnosis early can do irreparable damage and speed up the onset of insulin-dependence and full-on symptoms"
Characteristics and Prevalence of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) – 2009
Very different ways to treat Type 1, Type 2 and LADA
PDF is attached at the bottom of this page
See also VitaminDWiki
Search VitaminDWiki for LADA 10 items as of Aug 2014
Does Vitamin D Affect Risk of Developing Autoimmune Disease?: A Systematic Review File, not a webpage
Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following summary
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