Excessive pain-shoulders

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Asked for Female, 61 Years

My mother is diabetic and is suffering from osteoporosis. She is taking diabetes medicines along with calcium ones. She has acute pain in her shoulders which doc says is due to diabetes. She can't lift her hand completely-using pain relief gels, physiotherapy exercises - pls recommend medicines/specialists for her pain

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Dr. Venkat Raghav General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Venkat Raghav

General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore

Hey, she is 61 years ,after menopause bone resorption takes place and its usual for older females to suffer from joint pain , take milk daily ,continue medication. If she is fat she has to loose her weight . After certain age you can only maintain the condition but cannot reverse it .

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