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What Causes Swelling In The Body While Having Diabetes?

My husband has a problem with whole body swelling. We have been to his primary care physician who said that a blood test shows he is malnourished. He has been seeing a nutritionist. He is diabetic, type 1. He is to see the pc on next Thurs, but they haven t done any course of action that will alleviate his discomfort. What might this be, and what would you do?
Fri, 7 Jun 2019
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Hi,

The cause here is obvious, malnourishment has to be studied in details doing all the relevant blood tests as follows:
CBC, blood sugar related all tests.
Serum proteins with liver functions.
Kidney and thyroid functions as these can be the reason for swelling all over body.
Tests of all available vitamins.
Correction of all the deficiencies will surely help to reduce or cure the swelling all over body.
Also needed is to rule out any cardiac-related problems.
High protein diet, protein supplements, Iron, folic acid, multivitamins, minerals and trace elements also to be given as any deficiency can cause the normal physiological cycles to break a delay the results.
Moderate exercises are also needed to have a proper workout to increase the anabolism.
Diabetes needs to be well under control.
Follow the advice of the Doctor and the nutritionist as they know the best.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon
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What Causes Swelling In The Body While Having Diabetes?

Hi, The cause here is obvious, malnourishment has to be studied in details doing all the relevant blood tests as follows: CBC, blood sugar related all tests. Serum proteins with liver functions. Kidney and thyroid functions as these can be the reason for swelling all over body. Tests of all available vitamins. Correction of all the deficiencies will surely help to reduce or cure the swelling all over body. Also needed is to rule out any cardiac-related problems. High protein diet, protein supplements, Iron, folic acid, multivitamins, minerals and trace elements also to be given as any deficiency can cause the normal physiological cycles to break a delay the results. Moderate exercises are also needed to have a proper workout to increase the anabolism. Diabetes needs to be well under control. Follow the advice of the Doctor and the nutritionist as they know the best. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon