tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post4533827759890275469..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: Diabetes And BonesBixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-15105283573327982242011-10-13T06:44:15.695-04:002011-10-13T06:44:15.695-04:00Something else I wanted to say. Even if her bones...Something else I wanted to say. Even if her bones are fine, an injury like this is difficult for someone with diabetes. The healing takes longer, drugs they will give her, like antibiotics, will raise her blood glucose, in fact, inflammation itself will raise her blood glucose, causing her to have to compensate with more insulin, and risking over-compensating resulting in a dangerous low. (Any inflammation, even gum disease, increases blood glucose.)<br /><br />It's times like these that diabetic complications, as I've seen, can advance ... eye problems, kidney problems. It's a treacherous time for a diabetic. (I'm not a doc, I'm only gabbing.)Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-89489944202672948452011-10-12T15:17:20.455-04:002011-10-12T15:17:20.455-04:00Excellent link!
By the way, I see you used the &q...Excellent link!<br /><br />By the way, I see you used the "a href" html to post a link. Google (I think) won't automatically add the link if I accept anonymous comments, which I like to do. I think it's their way of getting people to sign in? I should test that...Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-84052860222247984042011-10-12T14:04:08.727-04:002011-10-12T14:04:08.727-04:00Thanks for redirecting my comment to the correct p...Thanks for redirecting my comment to the correct post ^_^<br /><br />Check the The Diabetes–Osteoporosis Link subtitle in this article for a theory about why Type 1 diabetics might have lower bone density early in life:<br /><a href="http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteoporosis/Conditions_Behaviors/diabetes.asp" rel="nofollow">What People With Diabetes Need to Know About Osteoporosis</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827052626667535975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-46938841271445767112011-10-10T15:49:47.976-04:002011-10-10T15:49:47.976-04:00I think you're right about his diabetes contri...I think you're right about his diabetes contributing. The small vessels supplying bone would lose effectiveness. Could be plaque, could be inflammation, or other mechanism. It would make you wonder what's going on in the bigger vessels.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-51801819614116486862011-10-10T15:42:52.759-04:002011-10-10T15:42:52.759-04:00Not really related, but I can no longer comment on...Not really related, but I can no longer comment on your other post that came through Google Reader. Delete this comment if you wish, since it's off-topic ^_^<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avascular_necrosis<br />(aka bone infarcts or osteonecrosis).<br /><br />Even though diabetes isn't listed in the causes, my cousin was dx'd as Type 1 as a kid, and has had a couple of bouts with bone infarcts after "over-doing it" once he passed 50. His dr said it sometimes happens with long-term diabetics, although I don't know if that implied both types of just type 1.<br /><br />Although the wikipedia article didn't mention inflammation, I suspect it also contributes if the teensy blood vessels supplying the bones become so inflamed that they come close to swelling shut.<br /><br />My cousin is the eldest of all of us, and lives "back home" so spent a lot of time nursing the older generation during their last days, while waiting for relatives living the in big city to travel back home. So he pushed himself too hard and then suffered the bone infarcts for a few weeks after.Shreelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827052626667535975noreply@blogger.com