Question by knardzondiz: Is diabetes really a non-curable disease?
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Answer by thompj64us
It is possible to cure diabetes with a beta cell transplant but they don’t do it unless something else quits like kidneys that require a transplant, because you have to take anti rejection drugs the rest of your life. Therre are some things coming down the pipe that may lead to a cure but at this time there is really nothing that works.
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It also depends on the type of diabetes you have. The classic type I diabetes could be cured with a pancreas transplant. The majority of diabetics in the USA have type II, which is associated with obesity. Reducing your body fat can decrease the amount of medications you require (possibly to no medications).
Although currently with lots of means to mitigate its effects and have a life with nice standards of quality, there is not a “cure” today for diabetes, irrespectively the Diabetes type (only the case of ‘gestational diabetes’ that is a temporary effect in some cases when pregnacy). I am positive that stem cells investigations and other trends will probably bring a cure in the following 10/20 years
Pancreas transplants can be done for type 1, but usually only if a kidney transplant is needed too. Beta cell transplants are in trials. Type 2 can be managed with diet and exercise, but not cured.
Diabetes is really a non-curable disease. There are many ‘tests’ and hopeful research being done at this point. The cure is out there…someplace. My daughter will tell you that it is in a strange lab somewhere…she was diagnosed when she was two. There have be SOME successful transplants in adult patients…but they are on high doses of anti-rejection drugs at this point for the rest of their lives. This would not work for children. Their immune systems would not be able to handle this.
It can be a sucky disease, but it is a lifestyle, not a disease….