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Diabetes weakness and other health issue
My MOther is having diabetes taking medicines she is 50 taking etilam s10 as well she was having pain in head legs and feet but now it's less but still she is having numbness in her feet she can't feel anything in her feet she is not that active she Is taking calcium tablets as well but she gets tired very easily she is 50 but always suffering from pain whether it be feet pain leg pain or bowel pain I considered a doc he said something about neurology IDK he didn't explain well can anyone help
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Dr. Varunchandra Alur
Endocrinologist
13 yrs exp
Davanagere
So your mother leg issues looks like she has neuropathy which may b due to uncontrolled sugars and long standing diabetes. So she need to control her sugars better. Need to FBS PPBS HBA1c. To control sugars most important is diet and exercise and lifestyle changes. So first control sugars and meanwhile can take medicines for neuropathy.
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