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What Is Diabetic Arthropathy?
Increased blood sugar that occurs with diabetes also causes structural and molecular changes to the cartilage within joints.
Gradual progression to normal weight-bearing with prescription footwear will begin when redness, warmth, and swelling significantly decrease.
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Without treatment, a Charcot foot can progress rapidly and result in irreversible damage in six months or less.
Without proper treatment, ulcers and infections can become severe enough that foot amputation may be necessary.
Obesityis another shared risk factor between diabetes and osteoarthritis.
Exercising can help improve muscle weakness, joint stiffness and pain, and mobility.
If left untreated, RA can cause permanent and irreversible joint damage.
The risk of developing diabetes and arthritis, including RA, goes hand in hand.
Elevated inflammatory responses are associated with both RA and diabetes.
Hand use becomes limited due to contractures and stiffness, causing difficulty with grip strength and fine motor movements.
Diabetic hand syndrome can affect the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints and is often painless.
These changes are potentially irreversible.
This increases the severity of frozen shoulder symptoms due to increased and prolonged inflammation.
Managing symptoms early is important to prevent irreversible progression of joint destruction.
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