GENERAL HISTOLOGY

LIVER PANCREAS

PANCREAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
can you live without your pancreas
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is possible to live a healthy life without a pancreas, but doing so requires on-going medical care. Pancreas removal causes diabetes, and can change the body’s ability to digest food. This requires lifelong diabetes treatment, including eating a low-sugar, low-carbohydrate diabetes diet.

Detailed explanation-2: -You can live without your pancreas, but you’ll have to take medicines to replace what it does in your body. Thanks to new medicines, life expectancy after pancreas removal surgery is rising. Your pancreas makes substances that control your blood sugar and help your body digest foods.

Detailed explanation-3: -You may also need to take pancreatic enzymes to digest your food. If the whole pancreas was removed (total pancreatectomy), you will have diabetes and will need to take insulin for this, as well as enzymes for digestion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rebooting the pancreas After losing weight, the beta cells of people in remission started to work properly again, releasing the right amount of insulin the body needs.

Detailed explanation-5: -A poorly functioning pancreas can cause digestion problems and diabetes. Conditions that can lead to acute pancreatitis include: Gallstones. Alcoholism.

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