Type 1 diabetics are more likely to have bone fractures

Type 1 diabetics are more likely to have bone fractures

Type 1 diabetics are more likely to have bone fracturesA major study suggests that type 1 diabetics are more likely to have bone fractures when blood sugar levels are so high.

The researchers examined data from more than 47,000 diabetics, including 3329 patients with type 1 diabetes, the least common type of diabetes, and usually occurs in childhood or early adolescence when the pancreas fails to secrete insulin. The other participants in the study were people with type 2 diabetes linked to obesity and aging, and it occurs when the body can not use or excrete enough insulin to convert blood sugar into energy.

The risk of bone fracture was higher in type 1 patients when their mean blood sugar levels were significantly higher, the study found.

"It is important for diabetics of type I to have good control of blood sugar levels for various reasons, and it is important to avoid fractures," said researcher Francesque Formiga of the University of Barcelona.

"People with high levels of sugar should realize that this affects their general health and bones and may increase the risk of fractures, so they have to change treatment based on the doctor's recommendations," he said.

Some complications of diabetes can increase the risk of falls and fractures, including cognitive impairment and nerve damage that limits the sensation of the foot, as well as retinopathy of the retina, making it difficult for the patient to see any obstacles in his way and may cause it to fall.

The study showed that patients with type 1 diabetes with complications such as retinopathy were 29 percent more likely to have fractures than those who did not.

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