Stem Cell Therapy:
Diabetes

We all need the nutrients present in good, healthy food to survive. Our bodies are equipped with the ability to break down food and retrieve those nutrients, sending them out to the body as fuel for energy. This is made possible by insulin, an enzyme produced in the pancreas. Without insulin, the body cannot effectively break down and use the glucose available in the food we eat. Without that vital nutrition, our bodies die.

Diabetes attacks the pancreas, destroying the body’s ability to produce and use insulin effectively. This leads to an abnormally high build up of the sugar glucose in the bloodstream and has seriously damaging effects on the body. Diabetes can lead to blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and possible amputation of the limbs.

There are two types of Diabetes; Type I, or juvenile-onset diabetes, affects young children and is typified by a general insulin resistance. The body simply cannot produce or use insulin. Type II diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes, is caused by lifestyle choices and genetic predisposition. Older individuals who are overweight because of poor lifestyle choices and a sedentary lifestyle suffer damage to the cells in their pancreas. In both cases, this disease is chronic and degenerative, and, as the pancreas deteriorates, the rest of the body begins to suffer.

As with any degenerative illness, the only treatments available until now have been either extremely invasive (in this case, whole-organ pancreas transplants) or minimally effective. Living with diabetes is highly restrictive. You must constantly monitor blood glucose levels, inject your body with the insulin your pancreas can no longer produce, and strictly adhere to specific diet and exercise regimens. There is another way, though—one that can give you your life back and reverse the negative effects of diabetes.

How can stem cell therapies treat diabetes?

Stem cell therapy goes straight to the source of the problem—damage on the cellular level. When an organ is degenerating, the cells are breaking down and losing their ability to function. In this case, pancreatic cells are the problem. Whole-organ transplants can replace the pancreas, but organ transplants are highly invasive and risky, and the patient must worry about organ rejection for the rest of their life.

Stem cell therapy is essentially like a transplant on the cellular level. The patient is injected with stem cells from their own body, and these cells begin to function in place of the pancreatic cells that have ceased to work. Unlike whole-organ transplants, though, the risk of organ rejection is non-existent.

Stem cell therapy is currently available to those who seek a cure for their diabetes. While stem cell therapy might sound like a new and unproven treatment, highly trained doctors who care about providing a cure have actually practiced them for years. I can provide you with all the information you need about these life-saving therapies. I believe that it is my responsibility to be a partner in your journey toward a cure. No one should have to suffer with their illness alone; my purpose in life is to be the helping hand that leads you to the answers you’re looking for. By working directly with the doctors currently providing stem cell therapies, I can help you find the therapy that is right for you.

We live in a world full of choices and possibilities. You can continue to live with the negative effects of diabetes, allowing disease to control your life, or you can take control through stem cell therapy. I’m here to help you find a cure. If you have the desire to be a proactive partner in your own cure, let me find the stem cell therapy that’s right for you. No one should have to suffer, especially when there are answers. Contact me today to find out why stem cell therapy is the answer for you.

For more information on how stem cell therapies can help you in recovering from a serious degenerative condition, please contact Jim Cohan & Associates at 818-504-2318.