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WASHINGTON - Having one type of diabetes is bad enough, but two? Doctors are seeing a new phenomenon dubbed double diabetes that makes it harder to diagnose and treat patients - especially children.
The mix can strike at any age, and comes in various forms: Children who depend on insulin injections because of Type 1 diabetes gain weight and then get the Type 2 form in which their bodies become insulin resistant, for example.See the full content of this document
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'Double Diabetes' Is More Difficult to Detect, Treat
Or someone with classic Type 2 symptoms isn't responding to therapy, and tests reveal they also are developing the insulin- dependent form of the disease. Or they migh...
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