Mar 05 2010
Can Diabetics Receive Kidney Transplants?
Short answer: Yes. Long answer…
If you suffer from diabetes, you can receive a kidney transplant form a living relative or from a deceased person. The amount of insulin that is required may increase as a result of the use of immunosupressant drugs to prevent rejection, an increased appetite for food and food intake and the more efficient breakdown of insulin in your body by the new kidney. Many physicians believe that kidney transplantation is the best suited method of treatment for people who are diabetic.