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Q: diabetes after Pancreatitis

asked by: phoenix80 on July 18th, 2009

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Hi,

I've been diagonised with Acute pancratitis (with necrosis) and was operated for the same. 70% of my pancreas was removed and a small portion of tail is remaining. Later on , I've developed Chronic pancreatitis. I've been taking supplementary dietary enzymes. I've developed diabetes following my pancreatic surgery and taking Insulin regularly. My question is how can my diabetes be categorized into ? Is it a Typ1 diabetes or Type2 ? My father is also a type2 diabetic. I'm really confused

Thanks in advance for the doctor

help.

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Dr. Robert Wascher , MD

replied on July 18th, 2009

By definition, you do have "adult onset diabetes mellitus," but not the traditional Type 2 diabetes that occurs spontaneously with advancing age, and which is usually due to a combination of decreased insulin production by the pancreas and, simultaneously, a decreased sensitivity to insulin by the body's tissues.

Your diabetes is the result of the loss of insulin-producing (endocrine) cells in your pancreas through a combination of chronic pancreatitis and the subsequent surgical removal of most of your pancreas.

Sincerely/ Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

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