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What is the cure if a diabetes?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 9/19/2026

Diabetes cannot yet be permanently cured, although it can usually be controlled quite successfully. It all depends on the specific type of diabetes.

With type 1 diabetes, there is little or no insulin produced by the pancreas. That's why daily insulin therapy is needed. Unfortunately, at the moment, there is no way to cure type 1 diabetes.

For type 2 diabetes, management includes healthy nutrition, exercise, and weight management, as well as taking medications like metformin or other glucose-lowering agents if needed.

Certain patients with type 2 diabetes may experience remission, especially with significant weight loss. Remission, however, is not a cure since diabetes can come back with recurrence of weight gain.

Therefore, instead of trying to find one single cure for the disease, the main goal is to maintain blood glucose within recommended parameters and avoid complications. Diabetes therapy should be personalized by a physician depending on the type of the disease, glucose/HbA1c levels, medications, weight, and other health conditions.

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Jyotirupa Sarma

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13h ago

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