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minus-square pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoDiabetes can damage the kidneys, so presumably the patient got a kidney transplant. But yeah, looks like the journalist is getting the causation the wrong way round, I can’t think of why a kidney transplant would recover pancreatic islet function.
minus-square FlihpFlorp ( @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months ago damage the kidneys Ah thank you for resurfacing that fact I forgot. But I think you are right about the causation Another fun fact is it also causes foot problems including ingrown toe nails
Diabetes can damage the kidneys, so presumably the patient got a kidney transplant. But yeah, looks like the journalist is getting the causation the wrong way round, I can’t think of why a kidney transplant would recover pancreatic islet function.
Ah thank you for resurfacing that fact I forgot. But I think you are right about the causation
Another fun fact is it also causes foot problems including ingrown toe nails