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Can Chemotherapy Cause Diabetes

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Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

chemotherapy, advise us on food habits he needs to follow.(he is having diabetes ) Regards XXXX ... reference. Doctor advised us to go chemotherapy for 3 or 4 phases and after that can look into the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Robert Galamaga MD

Dear Doctor, My brother is under chemotherapy for liver cancer and is taking Sorafenib 200 mg. He is also diabetic patient and taking Zoryl M2 , Tragenda - 5 and Pynorm - 30 drugs. Can you please ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Robert Galamaga ( Hematologist)
Dr.   Abhay A Mali MD

after completion of treatment i am detected to have high sugar levels ,HbA1c-13.8.can chemotherapy cause diabetes. isit going to persist or is it of short duration then i will be normal. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abhay A Mali ( Diabetologist)
Dr. Ravi Bansal MD

I'm in chemotherapy for kidney cancer that is isolated to the kidney. I'm on blood pressure ... causing this? I also have diabetes 2. Thanks. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ravi Bansal ( Nephrologist)
Dr.  Deepti Verma MD

undergone 4 cycles of chemotherapy per-operation and 3 post-operation. The last chemotherapy session was ... diagnosed with UTI and was treated for it. She was also disgnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepti Verma ( OBGYN)

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Dr.  Antoneta Zotaj MD

on 2012 the Doctors said I must have diabetes because glucose was high and I still show 7.0 A1C. Did the extreme chemo cause the diabetes? No history of it in my family ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Antoneta Zotaj ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Olgeta Xhufka MD

developed diabetes millitus (sp) with sugar counts of 200. Is this a known side effect of treatment? No diabetes in her family and she eats a very very healthy restricted diet low in carbs and of course no ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olgeta Xhufka ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Chibitam Obia MD

diabetes in which blood sugar will not go down and he is not circumcised and his penised is red swollen and skin is peeling should chemo be stopped due to the bad diabetes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chibitam Obia ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. MOHAMMED ABDULLAH MD

[My husband has pancreatic cancer, he had the Whipple procedure in September, 2016. He started chemo Oct.31, 2016. he is now in remission and no longer taking chemo. He is eating very well, but, continues to lose weight. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. MOHAMMED ABDULLAH ( Critical Care Specialist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

basically we have two options; the first is to conduct several extensive chemotherapy sessions and then ... by surgery first and then less sessions of chemotherapy can be conducted. I know that the immunity ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)