One in Six Billion
A podcast about diabetes and genes hosted by Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd.
One in Six Billion
Series 2 episode 9. Nick Thomas. Type 1 diabetes in the older adult
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Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd
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Season 2
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Episode 9
Dr Nick Thomas talks about Type 1 diabetes in the older adult. In an iconoclastic study he showed most cases of Type 1 diabetes occur in adults rather than children. In older adults it is very hard to recognise as 98-99% of people with diabetes have Type 2 diabetes. Older adults with Type 1 diabetes have just as rapid a decline in their own insulin and need all the expert care offered to children.