How diabetes can affect joint pain which lead to knee transplant

Diabetes mellitus is a group of disease that affects how the body uses the blood sugar level. Diabetes mellitus is also called as type 2 diabetes or as the adult onset diabetes. The sugar and the blood glucose is the main component that comes from the food we consume, insulin is the hormone that is produced from the pancreas, this helps to stimulate the glucose from the diet that go into the cell to be utilised for energy. When there is excess glucose in the blood it reports serious health problems, diabetes mellitus is a disease that is characterized by hyperglycemia that is development from deficiencies in insulin secretion insulin activity or in both. 

People with diabetes are generally at high risk of orthopaedic problems and they can experience increased risk of outcomes that is following by orthopaedic intervention. Diabetes can be a major cause of numerous problems that vary from now damage to the arterial disease, along with diabetes there comes obasity and also infections on the various sites of surgical procedures.

Common symptoms of diabetes are:-

  • excessive weight loss
  • person will feel more hungry
  • dry mouth that is rise in thirst
  • blurry vision
  • excessive Lethargic ness
  • severe tiredness

How diabetes causes joint pain:-

There are various studies that prove that the people who are having diabetes are more from to the orthopaedic problems such as fractures osteoporosis and many other as compared to the general population some of the indications in person with diabetes are-
  • Less absorption of calcium in the body and bones
  • Hypercalciuria that is discharge of calcium from the urine
  • There is increased oxidative stress in the body in the person with diabetes
  • There will be reduced release of insulin which may lead to laws of growth of skeletal muscles and cartilage.
Orthopaedic problem that comes from diabetes:-

1) Osteoarthritis:- osteoarthritis Most common form of arthritis affecting half of the population worldwide, generally occurs when the cartilage that helps to push up the bones tears down over the time, hostel days with the most common diabetes complication, most common symptoms of Osteoarthritis are joint stiffness, loose of flexibility of joint, morning stiffness, oedema in Joints. 

2) Osteoporosis:- how to breastfeed causes beginning of bone and lead to loss of bone density, in this condition the bones are more susceptible to fracture, osteoporosis is also  a complication of diabetes, which leads to certain problem in older ages.

All of the conditions generally occurs in the large joints of the body, which ultimately leads to joint transplant, the main joint which gets worse over time is knee joint.  here are symptoms of knee pain that may be linked to diabetes-
  • Difficulty in weight bearing
  • Problem in walking due to instability of knee joint
  • Swelling and redness in knee
  • Difficulty in walking up and down
  • Locking of knee
Prevention of diabetes:-
  • Reduce extra weight- weight loss is the main factor that help to reduce the risk of diabetes, for those people who are overweight they should manage the proper calorie intake and should work of principal of energy conservation expenditure in there daily routine.
  • Exercise regularly- exercising regularly can help you to maintain and lower the blood sugar level and also helps to reduce weight.
  • Maintain proper diet- try to consume transferred and refined carbohydrate, to include vegetable fruits to your diet, have a proper check on whatever you eat.
  • Include vitamins & minerals to your diet 
  • Drink more water- drink more and more water because it will help you to control your blood sugar, thereby it helps to reduce the risk of diabetes all the packaged beverages are high in sugar that includes preservatives and are very harmful for the health.
  • Quit smoking and alcohol

Dr. Sunil Rajan, the top Orthopaedic surgeon in Indore is now one of the front runners in robotic aided surgery. If you are planning for knee replacement surgery with the best knee replacement surgeon in Indore, contact doctor Sunil Rajan. For more information call us at 9826200015 and online visit https://www.drsunilrajan.com/


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