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PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTATION: A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT FOR DIABETES?

Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong chronic condition that causes your blood sugar levels to become too high. Sugar or glucose is your bodyu2019s main source of fuel, and it comes from the food you eat. Having excess sugar in your blood can cause serious health problems.<br>More Info : https://myacare.com/en/mya-blog/pancreatic-islet-transplantation-a-revolutionary-treatment-for-diabetes

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PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTATION: A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT FOR DIABETES?

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  1. PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTATION: A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT FOR DIABETES? Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong chronic condition that causes your blood sugar levels to become too high. Sugar or glucose is your body’s main source of fuel, and it comes from the food you eat. Having excess sugar in your blood can cause serious health problems. Although diabetes mellitus has no actual cure, lifestyle changes, constant sugar level monitoring, insulin, and oral diabetic medication can go a long way. Scientists have recently started investigating a promising futuristic approach of diabetes treatment: Pancreatic Islet Transplantation. So, could this be the final cure for diabetes?

  2. WHAT CAUSES DIABETES MELLITUS? The cause of diabetes varies by type: ● Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, and it happens when your body’s immune system attacks and destroys your pancreatic cells. This prevents your pancreas from producing insulin, the hormone responsible for lowering your blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes occurs mainly in children and young adults, and its treatment centers around insulin injections or pumps to replace the absent hormone. Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, is more related to genetics and lifestyle. It occurs when your body cells become unable to properly respond to insulin and your pancreas eventually starts failing. Type 2 diabetes can occur at any age; however, it mainly affects middle-aged or older people, or those suffering from obesity. Type 2 diabetes' mainstay of treatment is lifestyle changes, diabetic medication, insulin, or both. ● WHAT IS PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTATION AND HOW CAN IT TREAT TYPE 1 DIABETES? Pancreatic islet transplantation, also known as “islet allotransplantation”, is one of the latest treatments aiming to cure type 1 diabetes, and it has been showing some encouraging results. The “Islets of Langerhans” are groups of pancreatic beta cells that normally produce insulin. In pancreatic islet transplantation, your surgeon will take healthy islets from a deceased person’s pancreas and inject them into the vein that carries blood to your liver. The islets will then settle and begin to produce insulin in your body. https://myacare.com/en/mya-blog/pancreatic-islet-transplantation-a-revolutionary-treatment-f or-diabetes Article Source :

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