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Is Diabetes Related To Cancer Or Anemia Too.

A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭
Indianapolis, IN

I have some anemia and have prescribed medication by the good nurse practitioner too. I don't have cancer too.

April 17
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A DiabetesTeam Member

Thanks 😊 again for the good advice and message too

April 17
A DiabetesTeam Member

Eat lots of iron rich foods ie: lots of dark green vegetables (cavalo nero, kale, spinach, spring greens, broccoli, savoy cabbage, sprouts, oily fish) etc they all contain significant levels of iron that will really help your anemia the darker green the vegetable the higher the iron content !

April 17 (edited)
A DiabetesTeam Member

Cancer Risk and Rates is a lot "lower" in Diabetics compared to the rest of the population and particularly in the "over 65 gang", Diabetics see Cancer rates less then half of non-diabetics in all Cancers except Liver and Pancreas

So Diabetes Sucks but it also "statistically" significantly lowers your Cancer risk

Anemia is "related" to Diabetes in that high blood sugar damage to the vascular system can cause anemia particularly if there is micro-vascular damage to the Kidneys - any eGFR below 90 is a signal of some kidney impairment which may be at least partially due to blood sugar damage

April 17
A DiabetesTeam Member

People with type 2 are at higher risk of developing cancer of pancreas,liver,womb, bowel bladder or breast.
Diabetes is associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer.Type 2 shares risk factors in common with some types of cancer
Being overweight raises the risk of diabetes and cancers of throat,bowel,bladder,womb and kidney.
Type 2 can lead to increases risk of cancer of the cervix and of the stomach.
It's estimated 20% of cancer patients have diabetes.
Diabetes also associated with lower survival rate after cancer
Pancreatic cancer can cause type 3c diabetes.
It's not uncommon for someone with cancer to have elevated glucose y.
Colorectal cancer occurs more frequently in type 2

April 20
A DiabetesTeam Member

As someone who has both conditions plus diabetes, the answer is yes.
Diabetes causes kidney problems.Kidney problems cause a failure to produce erythropoietin, a substance that helps make red blood cells..shortage of red blood cells.......anaemia.

April 20

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