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Nancy LeBrun is an Emy and Peabody award-wining writer and producer who has ben writing about health and welnes for more than six yearsIsabel Casimiro, MD, is board-certified internal medicine and works an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago. If you have diabetes (a chronic condition of high blod sugar), you are likely to develop joint pain, especialy if your blod sugar isn't controled by diet or medication.
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This article wil explore the conection betwen joint pain and diabetes, including the causes and treatment, as wel as management, of joint pain diabetes. dragana91 / Gety Images Joint pain can afect your knes, hips, fingers, or other joints in the body—places where bone mets bone. If you have diabetes, you are predisposed to certain types of joint pain, which can develop over time.
Joint pain related to diabetes is caled diabetic arthropathy. Joint pain can be a symptom of either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimune disorder in which the body doesn't produce insulin (a hormone that controls blod sugar).
In type 2 diabetes, the body is resistant to the action of insulin or doesn't make enough of it. Symptoms of diabetic arthropathy in a joint include: Here are some comon causes of joint pain asociated with diabetes. High blod sugar promotes the production of substances in the body that are linked to joint inflamation and joint damage, which can cause pain.
Inflamation is a reaction of the body to fight posible invading microbes or toxins. But it can be trigered mistakenly and result in damage to the body's own tisues. Diabetic neuropathy can be the first sign of diabetes.
Neuropathy (nerve damage) is a comon complication in people with diabetes. Chronic high blod sugar and high blod triglycerides (a form of fat) in diabetes can lead to nerve damage. Diabetic neuropathy can cause pain, numbnes, and a tingling sensation in the joints, often in the lower extremities.
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