Saturday, May 4, 2013

Insulin therapy is most effective in the early stages of diabetes

May delay or a short course of intensive insulin therapy, the progression of diabetes in people who have recently delivered the diagnosis, according to Chinese researchers. Only the United Kingdom recorded 2.35 million people suffer from type 2 diabetes. Control of the disease involves lifestyle changes and additional medical treatment required. Patients who received treatment injections, the results were better than those who went through a short course of treatment pills. The study included 380 patients with type 2 diabetes The study was published in the journal Lancet. In the study, patients aged 25-70 years, daily injections of insulin or tablets. The treatment lasted for two weeks to a normal level of glucose in the blood reached. Specialists examined 1.5 years patients. It was found that in 51% of patients who received injections, blood sugar levels are still not too high in comparison to 27%, taking it. Scientists believe that insulin therapy at an early stage can restore the function of insulin-producing cells. Tests showed that the cells work better after treatment, and the result was still the same for more than one year.

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