diabetes and stomach pain - Diabetes Message Board

llrondy · 01-17-2001, 07:14 PM

Mother is 75 and has had type II diabetes for the last 10 yrs. She is having stomach pains quiet a bit anymore. They come and she will suffer for 4 or 5 days and then they are gone. They are similar in pain of gas pains, she says but very intense. Is this a typical side effect or could it something else. She also has high blood pressure (not extreme) but enought to take a pill a day.

Zoo · 01-18-2001, 07:28 AM

Have you read the side affects of the medications she is taking? I know my husband was getting stomach aches on glucophage so he stopped taking it (Doc Knows!).

hootie · 01-18-2001, 09:54 AM

Some diabetics have trouble with the stomach not emptying as it should. Digestion slows up. This causes stomach pain. This would need to be reported to the doctor.

PlaXibo · 02-12-2001, 09:02 AM

If it isn't caused by meds its probably Neuropathy.

I have the same problem. I have type one diabetes though and very painful neuropathy in the legs and arms. I hope things get better.

Mark