“Can juvinile diabetes be reversed?”
My daughter is 13 years old and was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes recently. Is it possible for this condition to be reversed with age and the proper treatment? Or is she likely to have to manage it forever?
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Sorry, most cases of juvenile diabetes are caused by autoimmune distractions for Beta cells in the pancreas. But nowadays, science may bring new treatments. Until this, replacement of insulin is the only way to treat.
Type 1 diabetes remains a permanent condition for people who develop it. Much research is ongoing to discover ways to slow down the process which causes diabetes, possibly stop it. But for now, this is an area of active research and not part of daily practice.
Juvenile diabetes is a metabolic state of Insulin deficiency. It is mostly an autoimmune disorder where the bodies immune cells (lymphocytes) destroy insulin producing cells called islet cells. For diabetes to develop at least 80-85% of islet cells have to be destroyed. Once juvenile diabetes sets in, treatment is only insulin. When treatment is started there maybe more improvement with most patients going through a period of honeymoon for a short period of time. Mostly honeymoons lasts about 2 months. In almost all cases juvenile diabetes is not reversible. There are few exceptions of course. Therefore, in most cases juvenile diabetes is treatable but not reversible
You also need to discuss this issue with your physician.
Good luck
You also need to discuss this issue with your physician.
Good luck
Stuart Jay Brink
Endocronologist (Pediatric)
Lots of research trying to cure or reveres type 1 diabetes, but no such luck yet. Key remains lots of education and monitoring to learn about food choices, carb counting, activity adjustment, optimizing insulin administration and to consider insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring as the best treatment options at the moment. Best teaching manuals: Hanas' Type 1 Diabetes and Chase & Maahs' Understanding Insulin Dependent Diabetes.
Stuart Brink, MD
Stuart Brink, MD
As of today, there is no definitive cure for type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, there are multiple researches to find a cure. She must continue with her insulin treatment every day until a cure is found.
At this time, there is no cure for juvenile diabetes. However, I anticipate that in your daughter's lifetime there will be a cure.
