Misdiagnosing Type 3c Diabetes

CoastWatcher · Oct 31, 2017

The health of people with diabetes is being put at risk due to the failure of doctors to recognise which type of diabetes they have, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.

Researchers discovered that up to 97.3% of people who have previously experienced pancreatic disease are misdiagnosed, typically with type 2 diabetes, rather than the correct condition type 3c.
Such a misdiagnosis impacts on the treatment offered to patients, with those suffering from type 3c diabetes requiring insulin therapy more urgently than those with type 2 diabetes. Delays in delivering the appropriate treatment can have devastating long term effects for patients with type 3c diabetes with nerve, eye and kidney damage all possible consequences.
The researchers were also surprised to find that adults were more likely to develop type 3c diabetes than type 1 diabetes.

"Majority of People With Type 3c Diabetes Are Being Misdiagnosed With Type 2, Putting Them at Risk," DG News, 23 October 2017, http://dgnews.docguide.com/majority...ay=2&nl_ref=newsletter&pk_campaign=newsletter

Desmond · Nov 1, 2017

wow didn't even know there was a type 3 diabetes?

CoastWatcher · Nov 1, 2017

Desmond said:
wow didn't even know there was a type 3 diabetes?

I'd heard of it, but that's the extent of my knowledge.

ratbag · Nov 1, 2017

I'm a type 2 diabetic and it's very well controlled with metformin. I've studied diabetes for years and it's only very recently that I've heard of type 3c diabetes. I believe type 3c is a new category for diabetes.