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Is there a test for a type 2 diabetic to take to see if they are still producing insulin and how much they still produce? If no insulin is produced are you now a type 1 diabetic?
I have type 2 diabetes and I take very high amounts of Novolog and Lantus. Is there a test to see if I still produce insulin? If I don't produce insulin would I then be a type 1 diabetic?
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answered Aug 23, 2010 at 10:30AMType 1 Diabetes
About 10% of the diabetic patients suffer from this form of diabetes and are unable to make insulin. This may be due to genetic defect, pancreatic damage or diseases of pancreas. These patients require lifelong injections of insulin and frequent and regular check ups of their blood sugar levels. The earlier terms Juvenile Diabetes or insulin Dependent diabetes Mellitus IDDM are not used.
http://knol.google.com/k/type-1-diabetes#
Type 2 Diabetes
This is the major type of disease and 90% of diabetic patients have this form of the disease.
It was called Adult Onset diabetes or non Insulin Dependent diabetes NIDDM. In this form of disease, pancreas loses its ability gradually to make sufficient insulin to cope with high glucose levels.
http://knol.google.com/k/type-2-diabetes#
The diagnosis of diabetes through Fasting Blood Glucose, Glucose Tolerance Test, PostPrandial Blood Sugar Test, Glycosylated Hemoglobin HbA1c and Continuous Glucose Monitoring. For details, check out the link
http://knol.google.com/k/diagnosis-of-diabetes#
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