Whether hyperinsulinemia can be completely cured depends on the specific cause of hyperinsulinemia, if it is caused by congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus and other reasons generally can not be completely cured, if it is a tumor of insulin β-cells, obesity, and the related increase in the number of antagonistic hormones through surgery and medication may be able to be completely cured.
1. Cannot be cured: the hyperinsulinemia caused by congenital hyperinsulinmic hypoglycemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus cannot be cured. Congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is mainly treated by medication, such as oxytocin, glucagon, etc. Type 2 diabetes is mainly treated by diet control, improvement of life habits, and application of hypoglycemic drugs, such as metformin and acarbose.
2. Possible cure: Hyperinsulinemia caused by insulin β-cell tumor, obesity, and increase of related antagonist hormone may be cured after treating the primary disease, such as insulin β-cell tumor treated by surgery; obese people undergo weight loss; increase of growth hormone, increase of thyroid hormone, and so on, according to the cause of the disease, can be treated by surgery or medication.
Hyperinsulinemia is recommended to consult the endocrinology department and standardize the treatment under the guidance of physicians.