icon-nav-help
Need Help

Submit your question to our team of health care professionals.

icon-nav-current-questions
Current Question

See what's on the mind of the community right now.

icon-conf-speakers-at-a-glance
Meet the Team

Learn more about our world-renowned team.

icon-nav-archives
CWD Answers Archives

Review the entire archive according to the date it was posted.

CWD_Answers_Icon
October 11, 2000

Diagnosis and Symptoms

advertisement
Question from Redondo Beach, California, USA:

What would cause insulin resistance in a 34 year old woman with type 1 diabetes that has been under control for four years?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

At the risk of heresy, why would you think that a person with type�1A (autoimmune) diabetes could not also develop type 2 diabetes? They are totally different diseases with totally different causes.

Insulin resistance is inherited. People with insulin resistance have a tendency to be overweight with a “pot belly”. They have a tendency to hypertension, elevated lipids and also diabetes. Since aging contributes, time is the enemy.

I firmly believe a person can get “both” types of diabetes.

LD