Get a "Grrrip!" Diabetes and Your Hands by David Anderson

You try to open the jar, but your grip has lost it's strength.

No matter how lightly you try to grip, your hands hurt and do not

allow you to use them anymore. How will this affct your life or

the life of a loved one who suffers with diabetes?

Diabetes can affect the muscles and joints of your hands.

When you hear about the complications of diabetes, you usually

hear about your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, and feet. But

diabetes can affect the muscles and joints of your hands, too.

Diabetes related hand conditions are usually not life-threatening,

but they can have a great impact on the quality of your life.

Poor blood sugar control is thought to play a major role in

diabetes-related musculoskeletal disorders of the hands. The

theory is that high blood sugars change the amount and character

of the protein and collagen in your tissues, leading to damage of

small blood vessels.

Three musculoskeletal conditions associated with diabetes can

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BIO:

David Anderson, Freelance health/wellness writer for Hope4Diabetes.com.

Contact information:
david@source4solutions.com

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