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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Can Diabetes Cause Joint Pain

Q&A: Can diabetes cause joint pain?

October 03, 2008
A reader asks Dr. Robert Shmerling if diabetes could be causing her joint pain. According to Dr. Shmerling, diabetes doesn't cause arthritis or joint inflammation, but it can be associated with conditions that cause pain--such as bursitis, tendonitis, charcot joint, and carpal tunnel syndrome. The doctor says that researchers are unsure why diabetes and these painful conditions are linked. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Half of diabetics have some form of arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...which shows that about one half of all adults with diabetes also have some form of arthritis. ... Read more »

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Smoking may be a risk factor for diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...that cigarette smoking can cause for people with diabetes (PWD). Among others that have been... Read more »

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To Exercise or Not to Exercise: The Effects on Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...weight-bearing joints.Decrease the risk of hypertension, diabetes, heart attack and... Read more »

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Arthritis Can Keep People With Diabetes From Exercise
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

A nasty interplay observed between arthritis, diabetes and inactivity appears to multiply serious... Read more »

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What is the "Best" Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment?
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

I am often asked what treatment or combination of treatments should be used in rheumatoid... Read more »

Health Guide

Chronic gouty arthritis
...more common in males, postmenopausal women, and people with high blood pressure. Heavy alcohol use, diabetes, obesity, sickle cell anemia, and kidney disease also increase the risk. The... Read more »
Leg pain
...common symptom and complaint. For more specific topics, see foot pain, hip pain, knee pain, muscle pain, joint pain, shin splints, and blockage of leg arteries. Alternative Names Pain... Read more »
Rheumatoid arthritis
...Side effects may include bruising, psychosis, cataracts, weight gain, susceptibility to infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, and thinning of the bones (osteoporosis). A number of medications... Read more »
Hemochromatosis
...atrophy Loss of body hair Weakness Heart problems Symptoms related to the onset of diabetes Signs and tests A physical examination shows an enlarged liver,... Read more »
Cirrhosis: Causes
...disease, but it occurs in people who do not consume significant amounts of alcohol. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are the two main causes of a fatty liver. Some evidence suggests that insulin... Read more »

Medications

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... or control complications such as heart disease, diabetes, and joint pain. Sibutramine works... Read more »

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...especially if you are taking other medicines for diabetes. Consuming large quantities of... Read more »

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