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Anti-GAD postive with gestational diabetes
by eyeman415, Jun 03, 2008 05:02PM
Hello,
I've tried a couple of other chat boards hoping I would get someone with some familiarity regarding Anti-GAD testing.
I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 24 weeks of pregnancy. I have never been overweight, but diabetes is prevalent in both sides of my family. And I also believe that I've always had issues with low blood sugar all my life.
Since the beginning of my pregnancy I have been suffering from some strange muscle stiffness and was sent to neurology for further testing. One of the tests that they took was that of Anti-GAD. It came back positive. One neurologist suggested that that it may have a correlation with my diabetes and maybe not with the muscle stiffness (they are still running tests and trying to get to a diagnosis).
An OB/GYN doctor on the pregnancy chatboard mentioned that Anti-GAD is usually associated with Type I diabetes and not with gestational (which is associated with the development later in life of type II diabetes [not an auto-immune process, but the due to insulin resistance]).
I was wondering if anyone had heard a correlation between Anti-GAD positivity and gestational diabetes. And what that means post-partum. Thank you!
I've tried a couple of other chat boards hoping I would get someone with some familiarity regarding Anti-GAD testing.
I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 24 weeks of pregnancy. I have never been overweight, but diabetes is prevalent in both sides of my family. And I also believe that I've always had issues with low blood sugar all my life.
Since the beginning of my pregnancy I have been suffering from some strange muscle stiffness and was sent to neurology for further testing. One of the tests that they took was that of Anti-GAD. It came back positive. One neurologist suggested that that it may have a correlation with my diabetes and maybe not with the muscle stiffness (they are still running tests and trying to get to a diagnosis).
An OB/GYN doctor on the pregnancy chatboard mentioned that Anti-GAD is usually associated with Type I diabetes and not with gestational (which is associated with the development later in life of type II diabetes [not an auto-immune process, but the due to insulin resistance]).
I was wondering if anyone had heard a correlation between Anti-GAD positivity and gestational diabetes. And what that means post-partum. Thank you!
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