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Is there a cure for type 2 diabetes?
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
No: There is no cure for diabetes 2 yet. There are a few treatment options though, including some advanced procedures. The most widely used & successful treatment is medications and/or insulin. However, procedures like pancreas transplant and stem cell therapy may be used in very select cases. The best way to avoid diabetic complications is strict diet & exercise - decrease blood sugar & pressure.
Answered 2/22/2013
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Control, but no cure: Even patients who get normal sugars after weight loss, like bariatric surgery patients, are at risk for recurrent elevations of sugar after time, if eat wrong, gain weight.
Answered 6/7/2013
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There is no cure: only control (diet, exercise, weight loss, medications, bariatric surgery) but none remove the genes that put one at risk in first place!!
Answered 4/14/2018
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