>> DIABETES CAN LEAD TO A LIST OF HEALTH ISSUES FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TO LIVER AND
PANCREAS DAMAGE. NOW, NOVEMBER
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED DIABETES
AWARENESS MONTH AND DOCTORS
ARE WORKING TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT THE IMPACT DIABETES CAN
HAVE ON YOUR BODY. JOINING ME
NOW LIVE IS DOCTOR TIM BEACH
ARMY FROM THE MAYO CLINIC
TRANSPLANT CENTER TO SHARE
MORE DETAILS ABOUT SOME
OPTIONS FOR WITH THIS DISEASE.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
JOINING US THIS MORNING. GOOD
MORNING.
>> IN MORNING.
>> SO IF YOU TELL US A LITTLE
BIT THIS CHANCE PLANNED OF THE
PANCREAS AND HOW IT WORKS
EXACTLY.
>> TRANSPLANT IS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENT 10
OPTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH
DIABETES, SACCHARIN TV CHRONIC
INSULIN, OF TYPE ONE DIABETIC
PATIENTS. AND THE TYPE 2
DIABETIC PATIENTS. THEY USE
ORAL AGENTS TO CONTROL THEIR
BLOOD SUGAR, PINCUS
TRANSPLANT, AND SIMPLY IS JUST
WHO PLACED THERE AND PANCREAS,
THOUGH, AGAIN, THIS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSOLENCE
WITH AGAIN, THAT WORKS JUST
FINE AND JUST NORMAL AND RE
STORE. WELL, WE CALL NORMAL
STATUS OF THE PATIENTS. SO THE
PATIENT WILL NOT BE DIABETIC
ANYMORE AND THEY WOULD BE
CURED FROM DIABETES.
>> SO YOU SAID, BE CURED FROM
DIABETES. SO IS THIS
OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED A CURE?
>> IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY
TREATMENT RIGHT NOW ACHIEVED
THE NORMAL GLYCEMIC, WHICH IS
THE NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE THAT
I HAVE. AND PROBABLY YOU HAVE.
SO, YES, THEY WILL NOT BE IN
DIABETIC PATIENTS AFTER THE
PANCREAS TRANSPLANT NO NEED TO
TO ANY TIME IN MONITORING
AFTER THE PINK IS TRANSPARENT.
>> WOW. THAT IS AMAZING
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR SO MANY
YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING
THEY HAVE CARE. SO THAT’S
REALLY INTERESTING. SO I KNOW
ONE STATISTIC INDICATES
APPROXIMATELY 1000 PANCREAS
TRANSPLANTS ARE PERFORMED
ANNUALLY. SO WHY IS THAT
NUMBER SO LOW?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, YOU’RE
RIGHT. THE NUMBER IS SAID,
SOME OPTIMAL THE WAY WE LOOK
AT IT BECAUSE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS IS IS SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGH. AND WE DO HAVE SUCH
TREATMENT FOR THEM. I THINK
MEAN, ISSUE IS EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS. A LOT OF PATIENTS
TO NOT KNOW THAT THIS
TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. THEY
DO NOT KNOW AT RAINES SPENT
CENTERS THAT. AND THEIR AREA
THAT COULD DO PANCREAS
TRANSPLANT, SUCH AS MAYO
CLINIC HERE. SO I THINK IT’S
MAINLY AWARENESS AND
EDUCATION. THAT’S THAT’S THE
ONLY REASON THAT I COULD SEE
WHY THIS IS NOT A TREATMENT
OPTION FOR THESE PATIENTS.
>> OK, THAT MAKES WHO WOULD BE
A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A
PANCREAS TRANSPLANT?
>> WE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA AND THE
TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY HAVE
AGREED TO CONSIDER PATIENT FOR
PANCREAS TRANSPLANT. BUT AT TO
MAKE IT SIMPLE, ANY DIABETIC
PATIENTS THAT IS STRUGGLING
WITH THERE, HIS OR HER
DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN TERMS
OF ACHIEVING COULD CONTROL
DEVELOPING COMPLICATIONS,
ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS THESE
PATIENTS ON A PERFECT
CANDIDATE FOR THE PINK IS
TRANSPARENT BECAUSE WE COULD
STORED THEIR LIFE CAN CURE
THEIR DIABETES.
>> ONE, CAN ANYONE BE A DONOR?
>> I THINK IS TRANSPLANT IN
UNITED STATES IS DONE BY OR
FROM ORGANS FROM DECEASED
DONORS. SO TECHNICALLY THERE
IS LIFE DONOR FOR A PANCREAS
TRANSPLANT IN UNITED STATES.
AND WE ASSESS EVERY POTENTIAL
DECEASED DONOR HAS PANCREAS
TRANSPLANT. WE DO HAVE ALL
ABILITIES, BUT WE DON’T HAVE
PATIENTS TO TAKE THESE ORGANS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR
AT MD JEREMY, FOR SHARING THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
I KNOW THERE’S GOING TO HAVE A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T
REALLY KNOW THERE IS A CURE
FOR DIABETES. SO THANK YOU