Flatbush Diabetes: Type 1 and 2 combined
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Diabetes is mainly classified in Type 1 and Type 2, less than 1% people are unlucky enough to fall prey to a less known variation that combines Type 1 and Type 2, namely Flatbush Diabetes.
First case of Flatbush Diabetes was registered in USA, in East Flatbush section of Brooklyn at a SUNY Downstate medical Center. Recently, (in August 2015) South Delhi region registered first Indian native patient with Flatbush Diabetes.
Flatbush Diabetes, known in medical community as acronym KPD - Ketosis Prone Diabetes, occurs when a diabetic patient with Type 2 Diabetes is facing lack of Insulin, the hormone that helps with the digestion of glucose from food. There may be many reasons:
- Insulin Resistance
- Inadequate Insulin Administration
- Substance Abuse - Cocaine in particular
- Pregnancy
- Intercurrent Illness such as pneumonia
- Stroke
- Mayocardial Infraction
The important part, this condition presents with the following symptoms:
- Nausea, vomiting sensation
- Deep and laboured breathing pattern
- Dry mouth indicating dehydration
- Tachycardia, increased heart rate
- Fruity odour, indicating presence of ketones
Its onset is very sudden, about 24 hours, and common during childhood. The condition is very rarely seen past age of 40.
In event of simultaneous occurrence of one or more of these symptoms without any apparent reasons, kindly contact your physician.
This type of diabetes is more common in African and African-American natives and polygenic, involving multiple genes responsible for it.
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