How come I often hear that you can “reverse” diabetes but they also say there is no cure? What does this mean?
February 5th, 2010 | by The Doc |
fu taitai! asked:
I have pcos and am on metformin. I gained some weight recently and my blood sugar was high so I was put on metformin. I lost the weight and now my blood sugar is fine. I am still afraid of getting diabetes and was wondering if I am diagnosed with diabetes and I get my sugar level to drop to normal, then I won’t have diabetes anymore right? I am confused about this.
I have pcos and am on metformin. I gained some weight recently and my blood sugar was high so I was put on metformin. I lost the weight and now my blood sugar is fine. I am still afraid of getting diabetes and was wondering if I am diagnosed with diabetes and I get my sugar level to drop to normal, then I won’t have diabetes anymore right? I am confused about this.
5 Responses to “How come I often hear that you can “reverse” diabetes but they also say there is no cure? What does this mean?”
By ashleytheresa13 on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply
type 1 diabetes has no cure since your pancreas cannot secrete insulin or use the insulin you have. type two can not techinically be “reversed” but can be controlled without medications even if you were placed on them. start by losing weight, following a healthy diet and exercise plan and continueing to manage and monitor your blood sugar
By Ginny Jin on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
It just means it can be stabilised, remission so to speak.
By German Shepard on Feb 11, 2010 | Reply
If you hear an advertisement trying to sell you something to “reverse ” or “cure” diabetes they are trying to sell you snake oil. Once you are type 2 diabetic you can control it with diet, exercise and possibly medications. However if you revert to eating a high carb meal it will show it self.
By Gary B on Feb 11, 2010 | Reply
To REVERSE diabetes means to reduce or eliminate the symptoms, through diet, exercise and/or medication. IF you follow doctors orders, you CAN reverse the effects of diabetes.
To CURE a disease means that it goes away and never comes back. That is not possible with diabetes. if you stop taking your medications, stop following your diet, and stop exercising, the diabetes WILL return.
With diseases like chicken pox, once you have them and get over it, you will never have them again. You are cured.
Diabetes is NOT that way. Once you are diabetic you will always be diabetic. you MUST watch your diet, you MUST keep exercising, you MUST control your weight, and you MUST take your medications as ordered by the doctor.
If you do all this, Diabetes can be controlled. You will live a life just like a “healthy” person, including schoolwork, hobbies, career, marriage, children and grandchildren. but you are NOT CURED — you are CONTROLLED.
if you stop following doctors orders, then diabetes will return, with very painful results that will shorten your life.
SImply put:
CURE is gone forever.
REVERSED is healed, but the disease will return without proper care.
By John on Feb 13, 2010 | Reply
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