Type 3c Diabetes
Type 3c diabetes is diabetes by disease of the pancreas. It is often referred to as Pancreatogenic Diabetes.
This class of atypical diabetes includes a number of conditions that may be inherited or acquired, including cystic fibrosis, hemochromatosis, chronic pancreatitis, fibrocalculous pancreatopathy, pancreatic cancer, pancreatectomy, and congenital pancreatic agenesis. In some cases, the disease process underlying the diabetes development in these conditions is incompletely understood.
Type 3c diabetes has, for some time, been included under the umbrella of Type 1 diabetes. But as we move more towards understanding the implications of different causes of diabetes nomenclature is evolving too.
Firstly, please don’t confuse Type 3c with the ‘Type 3’ that has been described referring to insulin resistance in the brain related to dementia. This latter condition is described on another page.