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Diabetes Type 3

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stuart13

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I am a Chronic Pancreatitis patient who at some time in the near future will have to have the remaining part of my pancreas removed.

I've been trying to find out about diabetes Type 3, but I am having problems with getting the info. The info on this site is at odds with what comes up on a Google search. I can't even find the info from Brown Medical School referred too.

Does anyone know of a definitive guide?

Stuart :)
 
I'm not sure what would be classified as Diabetes T3. I had thought it was a label put on T2, which had progressed sufficiently to make insulin therapy essential. that wouldn't march witth your problem though. The Americans talk of T1.5 Try hunting through the "Tu diabetes" website. It might give you what you want.
 
Hi,
I think that you will find more that one condition under the title type 3, some people have linked this name to Alzheimers , others have called Type 1 with insulin resistance type 3. (though thats more often termed double diabetes)

However, the 'official WHO definitiion includes types 1,2 and a third category called 'other' types This category includes diabetes resulting from specific genetic conditions or genetic defects, surgery, drugs, malnutrition, infections, and other illnesses and is sometimes referred to as type 3 diabetes.

As to the problems resulting from a total pancreatomy, I did find some research papers by googling pancreatomy AND diabetes. The main difficulty arises from the lack of glucagon in addition to the lack of insulin so requiring very careful monitoring to avoid serious hypos. It really is a specialised field and I don't know of anyone in similar circumstances. Hopefully you will have some good guidance from an experienced endocrinologist. Perhaps also you might be able to find some help from the Diabetes UK (ie the Charity) careline.
 
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