Researchers from University of Michigan and Wayne State University are publishing the results of their study on the effects of triglycerides on diabetic neuropathy, a condition whereby nerves are damaged due to the progression of diabetes, often resulting in numbness, tingling, and pain in the feet, hands, legs and arms. Triglycerides are a type of fat that’s produced by the body. It’s a standard component to the “cholesterol test” which almost every person has had done. Elevated triglycerides can play a role in cardiovascular disease, and now this new study is suggesting that patients with high levels of triglycerides are more likely to experience worsening of their neuropathy. This is important because until now doctors couldn’t necessarily predict which patients will have a decline in their neuropathy. Now we may be able to target those patients with elevated triglycerides in hopes of slowing disease progression.
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Tags: cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, lipids, triglycerides, University of Michigan, Wayne State University
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Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:23 am
CAN NEUROPATHY DUE TO HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES BE REVERSED IF THE TRIGLYCERIDES ARE FINALLY CONTROLLED
May 20th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Thank you for publishing this very helpful…Indeed!
May 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Why aren’t there more studies relating alcoholism to diabetes? Surely there is a relationship.
May 20th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Trygliceride problems are due to genetic yeast, fungus, aspergilliosis, or systemic problems and are worse when high fructose corn syrup is used in so many foods and drinks and in cigarettes or many drugs. My husband has diabetes and is a DRY Alcoholic and Aspergers, not dementia or Alzheimers. His blood sugar is at 90 to 110 with out anything. When they used Glucerna, 6 cans daily, lactose, fructose, corn syrup his blood sugar shot up and he had dirreah, post traumatic stress, depression, etc. He now has MRSA, just diagnosed as no doctor would listen until May 2009 by Dr. Langmacher. The tests 100% systemic. After all of these years and now is in a Critical Care Hospital, isolation and all of the drs. of the terrible nursing homes would not listen and refused to acknowledge Dr. Langmacher’s suggestions. This stuff is poison to my husband and now on Pulmanar (Ensure) but has useed up most of his days and the yeast infection was so bad he could not talk, swallow, eat, drink and diagnosed with dysphagia and then many of the nursing homes have closed in Oklahoma City. My husband developed 13 presure sores, third stage in 8 weeks of mental and physical torment in these nursing homes. Wake up to this genetic condition.