Neonatal diabetes + LADA

Question 1

What are the two types of neonatal diabetes?

Answer 1

transient

permanent

Question 2

What is the age of onset of neonatal diabetes?

Answer 2

before 6 months

Question 3

Describe transient neonatal diabetes?

Answer 3

usually diagnosed <1week old

may relapse in adolesence

Question 4

How long does it take transient neonatal diabetes to resolve?

Answer 4

12 weeks

Question 5

How is transient neonatal diabetes treated?

Answer 5

insulin until it resolves

Question 6

Describe when permanent neonatal diabetes is diagnosed?

Answer 6

diagnosed 0-6 weeks

Question 7

What is the treatment of permanent neonatal diabetes?

Answer 7

lifelong insulin treatment

Question 8

What is LADA?

Answer 8

presence of elevated levels of pancreatic autoantibodies in patients with late onset diabetes

Question 9

At what age are LADA patients usually diagnosed? male or female? obese or normal?

Answer 9

25-40
male
non obese

Question 10

What is the treatment of LADA?

Answer 10

oral diabetic medications at first

progressing onto insulin