Type 3c diabetes or also called as pancreatic or pancreatogenic diabetes is caused due to damage to the pancreas that occurs due to inflammation, or surgery or cancer or diseases such as cystic fibrosis. A recent study in the UK has shown that this type is often being misdiagnosed as type 2. Since the treatment strategy is very different for these two types, it is critical that accurate diagnosis is made, and appropriate treatment is initiated. A few studies have shown that type 2 diabetes sometimes goes undetected and undiagnosed.
Also, type 1 diabetes often gets detected too late or is misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes in adults. Adding to this, there is another type of diabetes (type 3c) which is being misdiagnosed as type 2. A recent study published in Diabetes Care Journal states that majority of people with type 3c diabetes are misdiagnosed with type 2 which puts their short-term as…
