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How was diabetes treated before the discovery of insulin?

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No effective treatments existed for diabetes before the advent of insulin.

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How much people died of diabetes before insulin?
Before insulin... Type 1 Diabetes: 100% mortality. Anywhere from a few months to a few years after diagnosis.
How is diabetes treated?
It depends if it is Type I or Type II (that occurs with age). Type I is treated with Insulin, Type II is usually treated with diet and medication such as Glucophage, but may eventually need insulin...
What is diabetes and how is it treated?
type 1 diabetes is when your pancreas stops working which produces insuline which helps your blood sugar stay leveled for example if you eat a candy bar and do not have diabetes your pancreas...
How severe do diabetes symptoms have to be before you have diabetes?
well if you have the symptoms, you MIGHT have the disease. If you think you have diabetes see your doctor right away. It's best no to wait for the symptoms severe because many things can go wrong and...
How are each type of diabetes treated?
with medicine , pills. depends on if you don't control it like your suppose to, and if that's the caseyou will have to inject insulin. insulin shots will be for life really.