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The pancreas is what produces insulin in your body. Insulin is a chemical in your body that breaks down the sugars in the food you eat. A persons pancreas can shut down or not work properly, this is commonly associated with Diabetes. Diabetes is a health problem where the pancreas has either shut down or does not produce enough insulin to break down all the sugars. So the answer is yes, but you'd have to live on insulin shots or pills.
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When is a partial pancreatectomy performed?
A partial pancreatectomy may be indicated when the pancreas has been severely injured by trauma, especially injury to the body and tail of the pancreas.
What steps are involved in a partial pancreatectomy?
If the pancreatectomy is partial, the surgeon clamps and cuts the blood vessels, and the pancreas is stapled and divided for removal.
What damage to the pancreas can sometimes occur in type I diabetes patients?
Patients with type I diabetes have experienced partial or complete damage to the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
Why didn't Steve jobs have his pancreas removed?
You cannot live without a pancreas.
How long can you live without your pancreas?
as long as any normal human being, but there is a way to live, you have to live on insulin because the pancreas produces insulin, so you would have to live by the needle
Can kids live without their pancreas?
No.
What organs can you not have to live?
one kidney, one lung, bladder, gall bladder, pancreas, and spleen. but sometimes it can cause problems
What happens if pancreas fails?
if your pancreas fails you will get Diabetes and well have to live with it for the rest of your life unless they come up with a cure. they have a cure right now with a pancreas replacement but then you will have to take pills for the rest of your life with a risk of your body rejecting the new pancreas within the first three years then you are back to square one with the diabetes
Can you live without both kidney and your pancreas?
No you fool.
How do you live without a pancreas?
You will have to go for pancreas transplant.Even if you relys on medicine,you still cannot live long.
What are the functions of the pancreas liver and gall bladder?
The pancreas live and the gall bladder are essential organs in the body. These organs helps in the digestion of food. The pancreas also produces digestive enzymes.
Can you live when both kidney and pancreas transplants are being rejected?
Very unlikely because you only have 2 kidneys and 1 pancreas. Humans need both of these to survive. However if one kidney was still working then you could survive.
