This blog by Melitta Rorty discusses the people who are diagnosed as type 2, but they are actually type 1. “…many, many doctors throughout the world…” are misdiagnosing type 1 diabetics as type 2. There are tests that would give a correct diagnosis, but these tests are not always performed.
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