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epcoa • today at 7:50 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

"Some day, your immune system may decide to attack your pancreas."

Immune attack of the pancreas is usually a disease of youth. Type 2 diabetes which is overwhelmingly the diabetes associated with aging is not an autoimmune disease.


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joshmarinacci • today at 8:26 PM

Adult onset Type 1 has become a lot more common in recent decades. Ask me how I know.

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