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What Causes Pain In The Shoulder And Back On The Right Side?

HI. I m a 52 years young a diabetic. I weight 232 lbs. 5 2 and I m having pain on the right side of my back and shoulder its running up my neck. My right arm feels like it weighs a ton and has a weird feeling. The pain continues down my right leg and I have red spots on my big toe.
Wed, 24 May 2017
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Hello, Thanks for the query.
In T2 DM when it is present for a long time (many years), that too if it is not well controlled then there can be multiple long term complications. One of the often seen complication is frozen shoulder, which affects movement of affected shoulde and arm. It also causes stiffness in arm muscles and movements become painful. Arm can not be lifted above shoulder level. This pain usually affects shoulder and arm. Pain in the leg my be unconnected to affection of the arm. Diabetes also affects blood supply to the lower limb. This can cause pain in the leg. So it may be necessary to check the vessels of the leg, by a color Doppler study.
But most important is to keep your blood glucose in good control with fasting glucose Looking at your weight and height it is clear that you have grade 3 obesity with a BMI of 42.539 kgs/M2, which could be a major contributor to all the symptoms being complained. So please see that your diabetes is brought under good control, plus specific exercises are to be done to improve pains in upper arm and shoulder. ANd based on Doppler study the leg issue may have to be treated. Thanks.
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What Causes Pain In The Shoulder And Back On The Right Side?

Hello, Thanks for the query. In T2 DM when it is present for a long time (many years), that too if it is not well controlled then there can be multiple long term complications. One of the often seen complication is frozen shoulder, which affects movement of affected shoulde and arm. It also causes stiffness in arm muscles and movements become painful. Arm can not be lifted above shoulder level. This pain usually affects shoulder and arm. Pain in the leg my be unconnected to affection of the arm. Diabetes also affects blood supply to the lower limb. This can cause pain in the leg. So it may be necessary to check the vessels of the leg, by a color Doppler study. But most important is to keep your blood glucose in good control with fasting glucose Looking at your weight and height it is clear that you have grade 3 obesity with a BMI of 42.539 kgs/M2, which could be a major contributor to all the symptoms being complained. So please see that your diabetes is brought under good control, plus specific exercises are to be done to improve pains in upper arm and shoulder. ANd based on Doppler study the leg issue may have to be treated. Thanks.