Antibodies!!! Do you know if your child has them or not???

Just doing a quick survey of how many parents know their children's antibody results... how many of those in this group that do know are positive and how many are negative... please just leave a response with:

yes-positive

yes-negative

Thanks for you help :-D

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Baker on December 14, 2010 at 1:26pm

yes - positive

Permalink Reply by mom2atype1 on December 14, 2010 at 1:37pm

Thank you :-)

Permalink Reply by aliceclones on December 14, 2010 at 3:39pm

2 T1

both yes- positive to 2 each, not same 2

Permalink Reply by mom2atype1 on December 14, 2010 at 3:48pm

that is interesting... what 2 are they positive for?? or I guess 4 since there are two and they don't have the same two lol

Permalink Reply by aliceclones on December 14, 2010 at 4:02pm

Daughter 1 - GAD and 1 of the islet cell antibodies

Daughter 2 - insulin, and the other islet cell anitbody.

wierd huh! especially since the DRs think they underwent the same environmental trigger. they were diagnosed only 10 months apart.

Permalink Reply by mom2atype1 on December 14, 2010 at 4:06pm

wow yeah that is weird!!!

Permalink Reply by Jillx4 on December 14, 2010 at 3:56pm

Yes - positive antibodies for diabetes, but also antibodies for gluten and thyroid

Permalink Reply by Jan on December 14, 2010 at 11:09pm

Yes, positive.

Permalink Reply by suzie's mum on December 14, 2010 at 11:50pm

yes-positive

for AE2 (if I remember rightly) levels >35 normal range <7

Permalink Reply by Lindzu's Mom on December 15, 2010 at 3:23am

Do not know. She was tested for them when she was first diagnosed but the results were negative. Is this something that is important to know and if so is it a specific blood test?

Permalink Reply by mom2atype1 on December 15, 2010 at 11:09am

its really more of a fomality a lot of times... the anitbodies are typically used as a diagnosing factor, but my understanding is that there are a few who test negative, Im trying to get an idea of just how few... knowing the specific antibodies you child/ren are positive for could affect ways of curing when that option becomes available... is it something good to know, I believe so... but is it crutial to know... no not really... unless its negative... which could potentially mean a misdiagnosis... if you want to talk to your endo just ask when the last time your child/ren was tested for antibodies... they will either give you the results or send you for blood work to retest, Im not sure what the name of the test is though... but the one we do tests for all of them...

Permalink Reply by Natasha Bowlds on December 15, 2010 at 6:48am

When my son's diabetes started - two years before dx, he was negative for the three that they tested at that time. I don't know if he is positive now, or if he was positive for the one they figured out between his test and his diagnosis.