Type 2 Diabetes Remission Through Intense Lifestyle Modification with Three-Year Follow-Up of an Elderly Male on High Insulin Dosage: A Case Report.

Pramod Tripathi, Nidhi Kadam, Anagha Vyawahare, Venugopal Vijayakumar, Maheshkumar Kuppusamy

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Pramod TripathiFreedom from Diabetes Research Foundation, Parth, Ghodke Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Nidhi KadamFreedom from Diabetes Research Foundation, Parth, Ghodke Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Anagha VyawahareFreedom from Diabetes Research Foundation, Parth, Ghodke Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Venugopal VijayakumarGovernment Yoga and Naturopathy Medical college & Hospital, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

Maheshkumar KuppusamyDepartment of Physiology, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical college & Hospital, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

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Abstract

An elderly obese male patient (60 yrs.) diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) presented to our clinic. He was on 94 units of insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents during his initial consultation visit. After obtaining informed consent, he was enrolled into intense lifestyle modification program for a duration of six months, with a three-year follow-up after the intervention. The patient underwent complete remission losing 13 kg of body weight and also successfully clearing oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) for three consecutive years. We present three unique features in the current case report: (1) Elderly age of the patient (2) OGTT clearance along with normalisation of HbA

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