Just to clarify, LADA is a slow onset type 1 diabetes. It is autoimmune in nature. It is often misdiagnosed as type 2, which can be very serious, as the appropriate treatment for LADA is also injected insulin if BG are not able to be kept on target.l
Hey guys and gals: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults usually begins with insulin resistance. LADA is usually diagnosed in people 20 years or older; many people are misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes due to their weight, age and race. Also, contrary to popular belief, family history of diabetes (regardless of the type) is sometimes there with LADA diabetics. But LADA diabetics might not have as high a family history of type 2 as the type 2 diabetics.
Considering the fact some people carrying Latent Autoimmune Diabetes are overweight or obese, weight loss can improve the sensitivity to insulin. Unlike Type 2 diabetes, however, just about all with LADA will need to eventually take insulin (whereas only between 12 and 23 percent of actual Type 2 diabetics do). Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults starts off with its treatment strongly similar to that of T2DM; within 3 to 14 years after diagnosis, however, those who have LADA will have to eventually take insulin. Latent Autoimmune Diabetes can be managed by exercise, weight loss (for some) and a proper diet. This condition has been also called as Type 1.5 (one and a half) Diabetes by other Diabetes specialists. LADA is obviously different from Type 1 because LADA begins very slowly.