Remember that the information presented here is not intended to replace the care of your own doctor. Before making any changes in the management of your own illness, you should consult your physician or other qualified medical professionals.
MODY is
an acronym for "Maturity Onset Diabetes of Youth" (or "Maturity Onset
Diabetes of the Young"). People
unfamiliar with this acronym often misapply it to any child or adolescent
with any form of diabetes not needing insulin, but MODY has a distinct
niche, describing a series of rare genetic disorders that are different
than the increasingly-common problem of type 2 diabetes occurring at an
early age. See
maturity onset diabetes of the young for
more details.
