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No. Although, it is a rather new procedure that is only preformed at a small number of hospitals across the U.S. Researchers are now more successfully able to do this procedure because of recent technological advances. There are people out there that have had this done due to chronic pain frompancreatitis, and have been living for many years. The surgery involves transplanting vital cells (specifically not insulin, the pancreas is a lot more complex than that) that are essential in controlling blood sugar levels. Without these cells, the blood sugar would be uncontrollable, which in itself, inevitably leads to death. But even with the new transplanted cells, the patient is also left with Diabetes. Most would consider it a wise choice though, if they were facing a rapid and almost certain death by pancreatic cancer.
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Diabetes is caused by malfunctioning pancreas.
If you didn't have a pancreas would your body develop a disease?
Yes! The pancreas helps to filter through all the sugar... without it, you are immune to developing possibly fatal diseases.
What is the term for a procedure to remove the pancreas?
pancreatectomy
What produces insulin to remove glucose from the blood?
Beta cells of the pancreas.
Is ESRD fatal?
Without proper treatment intervention to remove wastes and fluids from the bloodstream, ESRD is fatal
What will happen if you remove 60 percent of the pancreas and you are diabetic?
you will die :O OMG
Is end-stage renal disease fatal?
Without proper treatment intervention to remove wastes and fluids from the bloodstream, ESRD is fatal
How can a perforating gastric ulcer come to damage the pancreas?
A perforating gastric ulcer can be fatal. The spewing of gastric acids can damage all organs that the acid comes into contact with. The pancreas is exceptionally susceptible to the acid both from the exterior and the interior as it is the first place the acid is directed to for elimination.
Where is glucagon made?
Glucagon is made in the pancreas
Which organ in human body produces insulin?
The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes along with the enzymes insulin and glucagon.
Which endocrine gland is also part of the digestive system?
The pancreas is part of the Endocrine and Digestive Systems.
What is digested in the pancreas?
Food is not digested in the pancreas. In fact, food doesn't pass through the pancreas at all. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes to the small intestine (duodenum).
