Rheumatoid Arthritis Increases Diabetes Risk
I stumbled across an article which made mention of a study held between 1996 and 2006 for medical records. After analyzing and comparing the data, it turned out that patients with autoimmune forms of arthritis, like Rheumatoid Arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, have 50% more chance developing diabetes.
Psoriatic Arthritis had already been associated with increased risk of diabetes, but RA hadn't yet. However, the risk of getting diabetes increases with age and body mass index and just like any other condition people with RA are at increased risk for developing it.
That doesn't mean that RA patients should worry that they will definitely get it; they are just at an increased risk. The exact cause of the increased diabetes risk is not known, but it is not linked solely to the use of steroids. The suspicion is that there is also a connection between inflammation and possibly inactivity.
The link is not entirely understood, but with Rheumatoid Arthritis, the immune system gets confused and attacks the joints and other organs, instead of defending them. If one of those organs is the pancreas (where insulin is made), it can lead to scarring and decreased production of insulin which could lead to diabetes.
Odd, isn't it, how our body could be under attack and we may not even be aware of it. We usually find out too late we have some underlying condition or disease which is undermining and destroying us from the inside out.
Paying close attention to physical changes, no matter how slight, could have clued us in sooner and prevented it from getting worse. I suppose there is a fine line between recognizing symptoms and the risk of being a hypochondriac though and we have to trust God to keep us safe.
Sometimes, people who portrait themselves as our friends aren't. They could be attacking us from the inside out and we may not even be aware of it. Yeah, there is a fine line between recognizing their actions and the risk of being paranoid, but we can have faith God will keep us safe! :-)
Deuteronomy 27:24
'Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.' "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
Psoriatic Arthritis had already been associated with increased risk of diabetes, but RA hadn't yet. However, the risk of getting diabetes increases with age and body mass index and just like any other condition people with RA are at increased risk for developing it.
That doesn't mean that RA patients should worry that they will definitely get it; they are just at an increased risk. The exact cause of the increased diabetes risk is not known, but it is not linked solely to the use of steroids. The suspicion is that there is also a connection between inflammation and possibly inactivity.
The link is not entirely understood, but with Rheumatoid Arthritis, the immune system gets confused and attacks the joints and other organs, instead of defending them. If one of those organs is the pancreas (where insulin is made), it can lead to scarring and decreased production of insulin which could lead to diabetes.
Odd, isn't it, how our body could be under attack and we may not even be aware of it. We usually find out too late we have some underlying condition or disease which is undermining and destroying us from the inside out.
Paying close attention to physical changes, no matter how slight, could have clued us in sooner and prevented it from getting worse. I suppose there is a fine line between recognizing symptoms and the risk of being a hypochondriac though and we have to trust God to keep us safe.
Sometimes, people who portrait themselves as our friends aren't. They could be attacking us from the inside out and we may not even be aware of it. Yeah, there is a fine line between recognizing their actions and the risk of being paranoid, but we can have faith God will keep us safe! :-)
Deuteronomy 27:24
'Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.' "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
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