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Med Students and Doctors - Speak on Diabetes

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BustaBust

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What are your views on Islet Cell Transplantation for Diabetics owned by Type I ?
How affective do you think this is?

Diabetes can lead to the cause of kidney failure and partial/full blindness.
Would it be fair to assume that a patient with lower back pains, headaches, and the occasional
blood vessel(s) ruptured in the eye(s) are on their way to kidney failure and/or blindness?

Also, Neurontin is used sometimes with diabetic patients, have you ever
heard or read of any mood changes or quality of life changes in a patient
that was on this drug?

 
Originally posted by: avatar08
As a Type 1 myself I would like to hear some informed opinions on this myself
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same here. and well I'm no dr, I keep an eye out for these things.

I 've been hearing about islet cell transplantation since I was diagnosed 6 years ago...back then they said it was 10 years off, now they still say it's 10 years off. They're having trouble keeping the cells alive, apparently.

Originally posted by: BustaBust
Diabetes can lead to the cause of kidney failure and partial/full blindness.
Would it be fair to assume that a patient with lower back pains, headaches, and the occasional
blood vessel(s) ruptured in the eye(s) are on their way to kidney failure and/or blindness?
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again, not a dr, but it seems plausable that if someone doesn't take care of themselves, these could be the start of bigger problems if they continue to not take care of themselves. Really I think even a dr. would need more info to answer this effectively (a1c data, other bloodwork, etc)

Haven't heard about neurontin. got a link?

there was an article in the times recently (GF snipped it for me) about a researcher at harvard who had cured diabetes in mice by blocking the white blood cells that mistakenly attack islet cells. the interesting thing is, after doing this, the islet cells grew back on their own.
 
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