MODY - A 'Rare' Form of Diabetes

MODY makes up 1-2% of all diabetes cases and is a completely genetic condition. In this video PA-C David Doriguzzi explains what MODY is and what causes it. We talk about how to know if you have MODY and when to suspect it. Lastly, we discuss the four most common forms of MODY and how each type is managed.

[luciekotlarova]

I have Mody2 diagnosed for 20 years. I refused all drugs and insulin. My younger daughter is also Mody2 and the older one is healthy. I have to make exercise every day and control diet, no alcohol. In this way I have reduced weight - 20 kg. But when i travel and no exercice and bad diet, some wine, the weight increase immediatelly. My doctor said I am in perfect metabolic condition, no cholesterol, everything working perfectly, just sugar elevated and ferritin too. And I am very strong from point of muscles, muscles are growing quickly when i go to gym. Maybe because sugar is disponible for muscles work. So, I look like Xena😊. Mody 2 keeps me in discipline about my diet and exercise, without Mody I have never been so well organized. So, diet, exercice everyday, sleep, watter drinking. Reducing stres because cortisol increases glykemia.

[SaradaAllu-bt]

I have been using tablets for TYPE 2 Diabetes for 20 years now. All side effects and complications. Today for the first time a doctor did the tests and found out that I have MODY. What have I been doing for 20 years? Used unnecessary tablets??? OMG. This doctor today is a godsend.

[timrayne]

Got diagnosed with MODY 1 this week and great to watch something like this and find out a bit more!

[lindseybowen]

My daughter was diagnosed with MODY 2 this year. So grateful for doctors like you who know this even exists!

[scorpius]

I am doing my PhD on MODY based in India and found this presentation very useful. Thanks

[ThePrototypexx]

Just got re-diagnosed today with MODY after being diagnosed with type 2 for the mast 12 years. I know it's the same treatment, but it feels better being a lot more accurate. Video was very helpful.

[kayandrapaul]

I was just diagnosed with MODY, I am turning 18 soon and this video was really helpful to learn more about it. Thank you so much!

[jennyorsak]

I was diagnosed with type 2 when I was 14, but I wasn't obese, just on the heavy side. They gave me pills and told me to exercise. I struggled with it for years. When I was pregnant, they put me on insulin and I finally began to have control. So after my babies, they tried to make me take Metformin, but I couldn't handle the side effects. Now I'm 45 on a pump plus ozempic and my A1C is 5.7. No high blood pressure, no high cholesterol. I just have a hard time controlling my weight.

[BaneWilliams]

So my partner assumed she had MODY after watching this video, and her sister got diagnosed with MODY 3, so naturally she figured she had MODY 3 also, it made a lot of sense. Her genetic results are back today and she actually has MODY 1 - I'm unsure if this is characteristically normal of a parent having diabetes or not, but as far as we know neither parent has diabetes.

[c.d.]

Hi! I was one of those people who watched the video and went to look into genetics... To find out about MODY. Thank you

[mfranklin]

I was in a ward round and then realized there is a lot I needed to learn. I'm loving my rotations 💯 These videos have been helpful

[mahimasitaula]

I liked the intro part ... With circle, square and triangle 🐨

[Soleil]

Thank you for making this video. I was put on glipizide and I have HNF4A. It brought me down to 50, even after having juice and sugar. It was a nightmare. Turns out HNF4A is very sensitive to sulfonyureas (sorry if I spelt that wrong.) I lost over 30 lbs and the type 2 “remission” I was expecting never came. I was only 26 at the time. After the sensitivity to glipizide, my unusual lack of change in A1C after weight loss, and my sister being diagnosed with type 2 at just 116 lbs- we were tested. It’s been a huge revelation. With these videos, I feel like I have an at home doctor through my computer that I can access whenever I have a question or concern. Keep up the amazing work.

[genevievegravino]

Wow thank you so much for this video! I would love for more people to talk about MODY because it feels really lonely not being able to talk to anyone who knows what it is.
I’m sure that I have MODY and that I’ve just been misdiagnosed with type 2.
I’m 28, skinny, eat almost no sugar and no carbs and more vegetables than anyone I know. It just didn’t make sense that I was type 2 🙄...
does anyone know how to get a proper genetic testing in Canada?

[mrunmayeekulkarni]

I am Mody type 9. I was diabetic since age 16. I was misdiagnosed as type 1 for 5 years I was on insulin. Now I do well on metformin. Could you please explain how rare mody 9 is ? Also any kind of treatment which would help me.

Thanks for the informative video !!

[monetpiedad]

Thank you for another topic you made me understand so easily. I look forward to your talk/video on LADA.

[Melanie-gucl]

Hi David. What is the name of the blood test to see if I have mody?

[MelleyWL]

I was just diagnosed by my endocrinologist earlier today, though I don't know what type yet. I never knew this was a thing, and had been diagnosed as type 2 at around 23 or 24 years old.

[mariateresarodriguez]

I loved this video so much I had to subscribe. I admire your ability to make things look simple! Congratulations and thanks for your work. I hope this can help more people understand this type of diabetes just like it helped me.

[ANNINOV]

I have MODY, Thanks for helping me understand although I'm a Pre-Diabetic. I was diagnosed with MODY type 7