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Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

Lisa Emrich
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Patient Advocate, Blogger, Musician

I am a professional musician who happens to live with multiple...

Lisa Emrich

Monday, November 09, 2009
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As I live with the comorbidity of multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, I am very interested in learning more about comorbidities in general. The coupling of diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis is one for which there is not a large amount of literature. Normally I write at the MS and RA sites ...
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    Lene Andersen
    Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 07:18 PM

    Fascinating, as usual.  And I've run into several users on the site who're diabetic, as well, so the information about possible impact of DMARDs on insulin sensitivity is very important. 

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    Lisa Emrich
    Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 02:56 PM

    I'm glad to see that this posted here in addition to the Diabetes site (for diabetes awareness month).  Hopefully folks who have both RA and diabetes are aware of possible complications.

     

    I also hope that over time folks might share their experiences with glucose control and RA meds, if they have had any incidences - good or bad.

     

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