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Thread: Can a type 2 become a type 1

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08-17-2005, 12:12 PM

camjen1

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I am a: Type 1

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Location: North-Central Indiana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by duck

So if a T2 stops making insulin altogether...they are still T2? Insulin-Dependent T2?

I would say so. T1 is diagnosed from how the body attacks itself or auto immune, T2 is diagnosed because of insulin resistence or not using the insulin as it should be or making to little. If your T2 you can't change the diagnosis just because you went on insulin.

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