Q: what is the life expectancy of someone with type 1 diabetes?

Life expectancy: There isnt any hard number to answer that question with. If diabetes is poorly controlled then the life expectancy is surely shortened. I have many type 1 diabetic patients who are fine 40-50 years later with minimal issues. Many diabetics die from causes not related to their diabetes. The bottom line is that one should not worry about dying from type 1 diabetes.

Q: what is life expectancy for male in 60s with excess weight, diabetes, and chf?

Life expectancy: Life expectancy markedly reduced with all the three. You should also take into consideration the severity of each condition, whether the person is compliant with medications.

Q: what is the life expectancy of a teen with type 1 diabetes and down syndrome?

Hard to say: I as a nursing home director had a patient with downs syndrome and diabetes. She just expired at the age of 65 from complications of pneumonia. She did very well until the very end of life.

Q: what is life expectancy for male in 60s with end stage renal disease, diabetes, and chf?

Life expectancy: It depends on a number of factors, including family history and your personal medical history. Insurance actuarials actually have tables that estimate this, too!

Q: what is the life expectancy of someone with hereditary pancreatitus, diabetes and 1 kidney?

Hasn't been studied: Hi. That's a very unusual set of conditions, and no such set has been analyzed for life expectancy determination. CF can cause exocrine pancreatic failure and diabetes, but I know of no unifying cause of all 3.

Question 1

what can be done for brittle diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Trial and error: Differnt combinations of insulin, Insulin with oral hypoglycemics, nutritional supplements, cinnamon.

Question 2

are there other people that suffer my illness, brittle diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Unstable Diabetes: Brittle diabetes is a term used to describe type i diabetics that go into diabetic ketoacidosis (decompensate ) very easily, usually their is a history of being poorly controled over a long period of time, poor support from other family members, female 2:1 male ratio , psychiatric problems and diabetic complications like gastroparesis.

Question 3

what does the pancreas do in brittle diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Emdocrine function: It no longer makes Insulin but the other parts secrete enzymes that help with digestion and is very important. It does not help anymore with blood sugar regulation though.

Question 4

what can i do to help with my eyes? i have brittle diabetes.

Accepted Answer

Sugar control: You can help with your eyes by keeping your blood sugar under control and see your eye doctor regular.  The A1c goal is established based on your risk of getting eye disease, thus if you follow ada criteria, keep your A1c < 7%, if you follow aace criteria, keep A1c < 6.5%.

Question 5

what is the life expectancy of someone with type 1 diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Life expectancy: There isnt any hard number to answer that question with. If diabetes is poorly controlled then the life expectancy is surely shortened. I have many type 1 diabetic patients who are fine 40-50 years later with minimal issues. Many diabetics die from causes not related to their diabetes. The bottom line is that one should not worry about dying  from type 1 diabetes.

Question 6

what is life expectancy for male in 60s with excess weight, diabetes, and chf?

Accepted Answer

Life expectancy: Life expectancy markedly reduced with all the three. You should also take into consideration the severity of each condition, whether the person is compliant with medications.

Question 7

what is the life expectancy of a teen with type 1 diabetes and down syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Hard to say: I as a nursing home director had a patient with downs syndrome  and diabetes.  She just expired at the age of 65 from complications of pneumonia. She did very well until the very end of life.

Question 8

what is life expectancy for male in 60s with end stage renal disease, diabetes, and chf?

Accepted Answer

Life expectancy: It depends on a number of factors, including family history and your personal medical history.  Insurance actuarials actually have tables that estimate this, too!

Question 9

what is life expectancy for male in early 60s who is afflicted with end stage renal disease, diabetes, and chf?

Accepted Answer

Life expectancy CHF: Too little information to create a meaningful answer...
Depends upon cause and severity of chf, dialysis? Control of diabetes? Peripheral vascular disease? Active smoker? Etc...

Question 10

what is the life expectancy of someone with hereditary pancreatitus, diabetes and 1 kidney?

Accepted Answer

Hasn't been studied: Hi. That's a very unusual set of conditions, and no such set has been analyzed for life expectancy determination. CF can cause exocrine pancreatic failure and diabetes, but I know of no unifying cause of all 3.

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