Scientists reveal close relationship between diabetes "1" and bone fractures

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12:05 10.02.2019(Update 12:11 10.02.2019) Copy link

A large study in which scientists discovered that people with type 1 diabetes were more prone to bone fractures, especially in cases of hyperglycemia.

Scientists have pointed out that diabetes is an abnormal increase in blood sugar, a non-infectious disease and that there are several types, the most common type, and type II, which account for 95% of diabetes cases.

The first is characterized by a decrease in insulin, which is the only vector of sugar in the blood, and the second is related to obesity and aging and occurs when the body can not use or l & # 39; Excretion of enough insulin to convert blood sugar into energy.

Experts analyzed data from more than 44,000 patients with type 2 diabetes and more than 3,300 type 1 patients in Britain, usually during early childhood or adolescence, when pancreas did not secrete insulin, the source said.

The study showed that patients with type 1 diabetes were more likely to fracture when their blood glucose reached dangerous levels after controlling blood sugar levels in patients aged two to three months.

"We examined the relationship between blood sugar and fracture risk using a large group of newly diagnosed Type I and Type II diabetics," said study author Genana Vavanikanil, of the Swiss University Hospital.

Both types of diabetes were associated with fractures and osteoporosis, and patients with type I diabetes had lower glycemic control associated with an increased risk of fractures.

"Diabetes has long been associated with an increased risk of fractures, but research findings on the role of high blood sugar levels in this regard," wrote researcher Christian Meer of the University Hospital of Basel in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Some complications of diabetes can increase the risk of falls and fractures, including cognitive impairment and nerve damage, thus limiting foot sensation and retinal damage, making it difficult for the patient to see obstacles in his path and potentially cause his fall.

The study showed that patients with type 1 diabetes with complications such as retinopathy were 29% more likely to have fractures than those who had none.

In another context, scientists have learned to conceal a dose in a tiny pill and pump drugs such as insulin from inside the stomach.

According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about 340 million people worldwide suffer from this disease, which must receive two or even five insulin injections a day to stabilize its blood sugar level. .