Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) it is much tougher to diagnose and is missed a lot because there is slow beta cell destruction, so people do not crash and burn in the ICU due to Diaketoacidosis (DKA). There is a need of proper diagnosis and treatment of this diabetes to avoid complications. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a disorder in which, despite the presence of islet antibodies at diagnosis of diabetes, the progression of autoimmune β-cell failure is slow. LADA patients are therefore not insulin requiring, at least during the first 6 months after diagnosis of diabetes.
LADA is sometimes called type 1.5 diabetes since it is a subtype of type-1 diabetes and shares the characteristics of type-2 diabetes. People who have LADA are usually over age 30. Because they're older when symptoms develop than is typical for someone with type 1 diabetes and because…
