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Mehvish says nothing could have prepared her for what she was told after her full body scan. She left Birmingham’s Neko Health clinic with a life-changing diagnosis.<\/p>\n
“I expected to feel relief,” the 33-year-old says. “Instead, I was told that I had a rare form of diabetes.”<\/p>\n
After her long-term blood sugar levels came back very high, she had another blood test which confirmed she had suspected diabetes.<\/p>\n
She was referred back to her GP, who sent her for an urgent hospital appointment the same day, and was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), a type of diabetes which bridges both type 1 and type 2. <\/p>\n
Like type 1, it is an autoimmune condition that attacks the body’s pancreatic cells, but it also shares traits with type 2 because it can progress slowly and, depending on the stage of the condition, it can initially be managed with diet and exercise.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t have any of the symptoms,” Mehvish says, “It was difficult to get my head round it – how could I have this condition and not know about it?”<\/p>\n
But she says the early, unexpected intervention “saved my life”.<\/p>\n
Now she injects insulin twice a day, monitors what she eats, and despite missing the spontaneity of her old life, is learning to adapt to her new one.<\/p>\n
“I feel so much better, more clarity, less brain fog and I feel so much more balanced.”<\/p>\n
After my own scan, I’m feeling slightly out of balance. I’ve been told I have 3,311 skin markings – compared to the average Neko Health client’s 845. Three need extra review by the company’s dermatologist in Sweden.<\/p>\n
“But I don’t have any big moles or markings,” I say during the post-scan consultation with a doctor. It’s my freckles, I’m told, and having freckles puts me at higher risk of skin cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n