Diabetes and joint pain: Cause
Untreated and unmanaged high blood sugar can damage the musculoskeletal system, leading to compromised movement and pain.
Joint problems are often seen in correlation with long-term diabetes. This damage occurs due to high BSL, which damages nerves and blood vessels, and leads to erosion of the joint-cartilage cushioning the ends of the joints, As a result, the bones grate on each other, causing pain, inflammation, and soreness.
Typical conditions include:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s contracture:
A condition characterized by the growth of tissue in the palm of the hand, which draws the fingers in and prevents the patient from extending the fingers. - Frozen shoulder
- Rotator cuff pain
- Diabetic neuropathy
Damage to the nerves of the entire central nervous system. This is a progressive disorder that affects almost all the organs in the body from the hands and feet to the nerves of the chest, digestive tract, and thoracic region
Treatment
A regular regimen of healthy food and exercise combined with stress management will improve the management of BSL and will reduce the risk of joint problems. Studies show that shedding just 5 kilos can relieve almost 20 kilos of pressure from the knee joints.
Proper management of BSL, through the earlier-mentioned diet-exercise-stress management, should also include medical supervision to ensure timely medical intervention if and when needed and lower the danger of contracting either hyper- or hypo-glycemia.
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