What is pancreas transplant?

A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure that transfers healthy pancreatic cells or tissue, or the whole pancreas into a recipient with a diseased pancreas.

How do members experience pancreas transplant?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pancreas transplant*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for pancreas transplant*

Who has pancreas transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 0
30s 6
40s 31
50s 78
60s 45
70+ 6

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 53
Female 115

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What is pancreas transplant?

A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure that transfers healthy pancreatic cells or tissue, or the whole pancreas into a recipient with a diseased pancreas.



Common symptoms reported by people with pancreas transplant

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pancreas transplant

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Compare treatments taken by people with pancreas transplant

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have pancreas transplant through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with pancreas transplant? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has pancreas transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 63 say pancreas transplant is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 0
30s 6
40s 31
50s 78
60s 45
70+ 6

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 53
Female 115

These charts show data from pancreas transplant patients who have completed their condition history
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