New name for Type 1 diabetes
Today officials at the American Diabetes Association expressed surprise that CRAP seems to have become the new name for what was previously known as Type 1 diabetes.Speaking off the record a senior member of ADA staff was puzzled to know what CRAP even stood for.
Readers of this blog may know that the abbreviation was first coined in a discussion on the popular TuDiabetes social networking site. CRAP stands for "Catastrophic Ruthless Attack on the Pancreas"
It's rumored that someone started a Google bombing campaign to replace Google's normal results for the word CRAP with the ADA page for Type 1 diabetes. This was done as a protest against the ongoing problem that the media has in distinguishing between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
To quote a top ADA official (name withheld) "If this disease renaming continues we'll be forced to change current medical texts so they now refer to the two primary types of diabetes as CRAP and Type 2. And what happens if someone then decides to rename Type 2 to Number 2? Imagine the confusion."
They fail to recognize that many people, including many media people, are already confused so much that they don't even realize there are two main forms of diabetes that are radically different to one another. Perhaps this renaming will clear things up - a bit.
Labels: crap, diabetes, pancreas
posted by Bernard @ 6:49 PM
5 Comments:
*ROTFL*
Gee, I really hate to argue with fellow CRAPers, but "Catastrophic Ruthless Attack on the Pancreas" is, well, a "crappy" name since all people with the disease formerly known as juvenile, then type 1 diabetes mellitus have no real problem with the pancreas, as the beta cells which occupy a mere 0.5% of the total organ mass are really not the primary function of the pancreas anyway, and the remaining organ functions continue to work just fine even when the beta cells CRAP out.
I would prefer "Immune-mediated" metabolic dysfunction (IMMD) or something along those lines to CRAP, but then again, its better than number 2, so I cannot really complain, can I?
For a moment, I actually thought you might be serious. CRAP!
LLOL or ALOL!
OK, Scott, how about CRAB (Catastrophic Ruthless on the Beta Cells)? Anyone watch Desparate Housewives last night? LOL!!! Seriously, I do wish for a renaming so we could all spend less time explaining.
Beranrd,
I linked the word CRAP in my post to the same ADA page as you did.
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