Latent autoimmune diabetes sometimes referred to as LADA or Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults is a condition of diabetes that occurs under the classification of Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in which the body does not recognize its own pancreas and insulin and instead of assisting in performance, the body’s immune system destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. The result is a lack of insulin and the body has no method to transfer glucose in the blood to the muscles and other tissues where it should be converted into energy.

Type 1 diabetes usually occurs early in the lifecycle, normally in infancy or in childhood. When this disease occurs in an adult, doctors refer to it as latent diabetes mellitus. Due to their age, individuals with this condition are normally misdiagnosed as having non-obesity related Type 2 diabetes, versus Type 1 diabetes. This incorrect …