INTRODUCTION： Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults （LADA） is regarded as one of the Insulin-de- pendent diabetes mellitus that progress slowly. It gradually became understood since 1970s. The on- set usually appear...INTRODUCTION： Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults （LADA） is regarded as one of the Insulin-de- pendent diabetes mellitus that progress slowly. It gradually became understood since 1970s. The on- set usually appears in adulthood, the islet autoanti- bodies are positive and the function of 13 cell is de- clined rapidly. The treatment is insulin injection. CASE PRESENTATION： The case reported followed is a 37-year-old male patient who was newly diag- nosed with type 2 diabetes. He abandoned oral hy- poglycemic agents since they caused stomach in- disposed. Before visiting, his islet autoantibodies were detected positive and he had never injected insulin before. We treated him with traditional Chi- nese herbals under the guidance of Traditional Chi- nese Medicine and differentiation, and achieved fine efficacy. CONCLUSION： Because the initial presentation of LADA is similar to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and ex- amination is not in common use, misdiagnosis isnot rare. Once LADA is diagnosed, the therapy must be adjusted. This case report indicated that Traditional Chinese Medicine might be an alterna- tive treatment for LADA.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2010CB530600)
文摘INTRODUCTION： Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults （LADA） is regarded as one of the Insulin-de- pendent diabetes mellitus that progress slowly. It gradually became understood since 1970s. The on- set usually appears in adulthood, the islet autoanti- bodies are positive and the function of 13 cell is de- clined rapidly. The treatment is insulin injection. CASE PRESENTATION： The case reported followed is a 37-year-old male patient who was newly diag- nosed with type 2 diabetes. He abandoned oral hy- poglycemic agents since they caused stomach in- disposed. Before visiting, his islet autoantibodies were detected positive and he had never injected insulin before. We treated him with traditional Chi- nese herbals under the guidance of Traditional Chi- nese Medicine and differentiation, and achieved fine efficacy. CONCLUSION： Because the initial presentation of LADA is similar to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and ex- amination is not in common use, misdiagnosis isnot rare. Once LADA is diagnosed, the therapy must be adjusted. This case report indicated that Traditional Chinese Medicine might be an alterna- tive treatment for LADA.
