Most people have heard of type 1 and type 2 diabetes but now concerns are being raised about under-diagnosis of a newly identified form of the condition - known as type 3c. According to researchers from the University of Surrey, the failure of doctors to recognise this form of diabetes is putting patients' health at risk. What is type 3c diabetes? Type 3c diabetes occurs as a result of pancreatic disease or injury sometimes many years prior to a diabetes diagnosis, which affects the body's ability to produce insulin. It is also sometimes called 'pancreatogenic diabetes' or 'diabetes of the exocrine pancreas'.
Type 3c diabetes is associated with poor glycaemic control and early insulin therapy. In type 1 diabetes the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy body tissue in the pancreas preventing the creation of insulin. It always needs insulin treatment. Type 2 diabetes, the most common…
