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The damage to nerves supplying specific muscles may cause muscle twitching (fasciculations) in addition to the weakness. It is sometimes associated with weight loss. [2] Diabetes most commonly causes damage to the long nerves that supply the feet and lower legs, causing numbness, tingling and pain (diabetic polyneuropathy). Although these ...
It is usually described as a glove-stocking distribution of numbness, sensory loss, dysesthesia and nighttime pain. The pain can feel like burning, pricking sensation, achy or dull. A pins and needles sensation is common. Loss of proprioception, the sense of where a limb is in space, is affected early.
Diabetes is the foremost cause in America today for neuropathic joint disease, [4] and the foot is the most affected region. In those with foot deformity, approximately 60% are in the tarsometatarsal joints (medial joints affected more than lateral), 30% metatarsophalangeal joints, and 10% have ankle disease. Over half of diabetic patients with ...
Diabetes is a condition where the body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. It’s chronic, meaning that it’s long-lasting as opposed to temporary. Insulin is a hormone ...
Dizziness. Diabetes can also cause a condition called hypoglycemia, a.k.a. low blood sugar. This may happen when you miss a meal, are physically active close to bedtime, or drink alcohol at night ...
Prediabetes happens when your body stops using insulin as efficiently as it should. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. It works like a key, opening the door to your cells and allowing ...
Peripheral neuropathy may be classified according to the number and distribution of nerves affected (mononeuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex, or polyneuropathy), the type of nerve fiber predominantly affected (motor, sensory, autonomic), or the process affecting the nerves; e.g., inflammation (), compression (compression neuropathy), chemotherapy (chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy).
Like semaglutide, this is one of the diabetes drugs for weight loss that’s injected once weekly. 4. Tirzepatide. Tirzepatide is the active ingredient in the brand-name drugs Mounjaro® and ...