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Is There Any Cure For Type 2 Diabetes?
Question: Are there now or in the near future cures for Diabetes, Type II?
Brief Answer:
About Diabetes treatment;
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for asking!
As type 2 Diabetes in most of the cases is caused by insulin resistance due to abdominal fat, weight loss is considered a probable cure for Diabetes.
During the last decade 3 new classes of medications are discovered with a great success in lowering HbA1c level.
Another device very helpful in treating patients with type 2 Diabetes that are in insulin therapy is artificial pancreas, approved last month by the FDA. It is mainly for type 1 but in some cases can be used by type 2.
The transplantation of pancreas islets has resulted very effective in type 1 Diabetes.
Different from type 1, the mechanism of Diabetes in type 2 is very complex and it is very very difficult to find a cure for it.
Until now all the treatments consists in treating and not curing type 2 Diabetes.
The best thing a patient with type 2 can do is to eat healthy, exercise regularly and maintain an ideal body weight.
Wish you good health. Feel free to ask further
Kind Regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
About Diabetes treatment;
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for asking!
As type 2 Diabetes in most of the cases is caused by insulin resistance due to abdominal fat, weight loss is considered a probable cure for Diabetes.
During the last decade 3 new classes of medications are discovered with a great success in lowering HbA1c level.
Another device very helpful in treating patients with type 2 Diabetes that are in insulin therapy is artificial pancreas, approved last month by the FDA. It is mainly for type 1 but in some cases can be used by type 2.
The transplantation of pancreas islets has resulted very effective in type 1 Diabetes.
Different from type 1, the mechanism of Diabetes in type 2 is very complex and it is very very difficult to find a cure for it.
Until now all the treatments consists in treating and not curing type 2 Diabetes.
The best thing a patient with type 2 can do is to eat healthy, exercise regularly and maintain an ideal body weight.
Wish you good health. Feel free to ask further
Kind Regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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