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Auburn Diabetics with Disc Degeneration Benefit from Vitamin D

July 11, 2017

The intervertebral disc is an intricate and important part of the spine. It allows pain-free motion of the spine, or not. If the disc degenerates, spinal motion deteriorates, and pain often rises. This is even more probable for patients with diabetes. It is|It’s]5] just one more concern Auburn diabetic patients need to address. The latest research on diabetes and the disc points out that vitamin D may help with the health of the discDr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is prepared to do just that for Auburn back pain patients as well as Auburn diabetic patients who also have Auburn back pain.

Diabetes, Vitamin D, and the Disc

Diabetic patients with disc degeneration want to take Vitamin D as it prevents and even treats degenerative changes in their discs. How? By improving the content of TGF-β and IGF-1, two influential growth factor cytokines (proteins released by cells that control specific interactions with other cells). (1) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. bets you’ll agree that it is amazing how the health of the disc comes down to the very cells that make it up|of which it is composed! Those cells want Vitamin D to do their job properly. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. urges Auburn diabetic and non-diabetic patients alike to care for these cells nutritionally and with Auburn chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox Technic.  

Glucose Status and the Disc

The glucose status also influences the oxygen consumption rate of degenerated discs: degenerative discs in low glucose have higher oxygen consumption rates and degenerative discs in high glucose have lower oxygen consumption rates. The glucose status did not influence non-degenerated discs. (2) Auburn degenerated discs react in a different way than non-degenerated ones. Of this, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is positive because Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. sees it daily in caring for our Auburn back pain patients.

Oxygen Consumption Rates and the Disc

The degenerative intervertebral disc has a significantly higher oxygen consumption rate - 3 to 5 times greater - than the non-degenerative, normal human disc.  The degenerative disc is different at the cellular level. This oxygen consumption rate factor influences the disc’s cellular behavior and even its tissue’s nutritional status as nutrients are delivered to the disc by the matrix and endplates. This rate of transport of nutrients is affected by the degenerative state of the disc. (2) So when should Vitamin D be taken to protect and care for the Auburn degenerative disc? When the disc is healthy and even more so when it is not.

Schedule your Auburn chiropractic appointment at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. to review the health status of your Auburn spinal discs and how Vitamin D may benefit them whether they are degenerative or not.