My mom's doc says the type of diabetes she and I have is called maturing diabetes. Has anyone heard of this?

Question

is it type 1 or 2? i have been diabetic i believe since i was a kid, (but no one took me to the doc because my dad is a cheap bastard) like when i would check my sugar as a kid it was 174. i keep my diabetes under fairly good control now, i have bad circulation but my sugar numbers are okay when i eat right. the doc says that my body will eventually just stop making insulin, (my mom's already has and she's almost 50) and that it will just progress w/ age and i can't reverse it. so. any ideas? is he full o' bull?

Answer 1

Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) refers to any of several rare hereditary forms of diabetes mellitus due to dominantly inherited defects of insulin secretion. As of 2004, six types have been enumerated, but more are likely to be added. MODY 2 and MODY 3 are the most common forms. The severity of the different types varies considerably, but most commonly MODY acts like a very mild version of type 1 diabetes, with continued partial insulin production and normal insulin sensitivity. It is not type 2 diabetes in a young person, as might erroneously be inferred from the name.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

A better term is Adult onset diabetes. With type 1 Diabetes you have to take insulin. With type 2 you can control it by diet. If you had it as a kid yours was not Adult onset Diabetes.
You can control your Diabetes with diet. You will have to stay away from all refined sugars and flours and sweets. Fat converts into sweets. Many people who start out with it and have to take insulin can get off the insulin later if they eat healthy and exercise.But some do not.
If you don't like the doctors findings you can always get a second opinion.

Answer 6

If you have had diabetes since you were a kid.....then you ought to know which one you have. Maturational Diabetes is an old term, no longer in use, for type two diabetes, aka adult onset diabetes. Most type two diabetes can be avoided thru diet and weight management, but very few seem to be willing to go to the trouble of doing what is necessary to control the disease, so they end up first on hypoglycemic medications and ultimately insulin. And you doctor is right, if you do not consistently watch your diet, excercise regularly and control your blood values such as blood glucose and A1C, then you too will end up on pills or shots for the remainder of your life. It isn't so much that you stop making insulin, it is much more a matter of your body no longer being able to use the insulin you do produce, so it builds up in the blood stream and the pancreas eventually stops making it, in the meantime, the damage done to the tissues is permanent. Nerve damage, organ damage, all of it, is permanent. Controlling type two diabetes can be done......people who are committed to taking care of themselves consistantly, who go to a registered dietician, follow their diets closely and exercise, can stay off of drugs and never need insulin....If you doctor said you "can't reverse it", I suspect he knows you well enough to figure you won't consistently do what you must to control the disease, in which case, he's right, you will not be able to reverse or control the disease process. It's really all up to you, not him, whether or not you will control your disease, or let it control, and ultimately kill, you.

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It is type 2 diabetes, and called maturing because you tend to get it at an older age (40+), as apposed to type 1 where you usually have it as a child. But you can get either type at any age.

Answer 8

Okay there are a lot of answers here indicating that you have Type 2 Diabetes. I believe that to be the case as well. What I don't see is anyone encouraging you to run, don't walk to a compentent Endocrinologist. Please. The complications associated here are nothing to laugh at. Trust me.

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Answer 10

Never heard of it, and I've read almost everything there is to know about diabetes. Get a second opinion.