World Diabetes Day 2024: Dr Pulak Vatsya, Consultant Sports Orthopedics And Robotic Joint Replacement shares with Zee News Digital, the effects of long-standing diabetes on your bony health: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic condition wherein blood glucose levels are difficult to regulate due to insufficiency of the hormone insulin. This chronic disorder impacts various metabolic processes of the body, even having a significant impact on bone and joint health. Dr Pulak Vatsya, Consultant Sports Orthopedics And Robotic Joint Replacement shares with Zee News Digital, the effects of long-standing diabetes on your bony health: 1.
Osteoporosis - Our body continuously keeps on forming new bone tissue when the old tissue wears off. This process uses specialized cells known as osteoblasts. But diabetics usually have this mechanism slowed down due to the state of hyperglycemia and insulin deficiency.
This leads to weaker bones and low bone mineral density (BMD), making the bones fragile and more prone to fractures. Research study has proven a direct association between diabetes and the risk of hip fractures by upto 70 percent, when compared with non-diabetic subjects. 2.
Osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the joints that results in the breakdown of cartilage. This condition is often triggered by diabetes and also one of its co-morbidity, obesity. Both these conditions cause extra strain on the joints causing cartilage breakdown.
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