Middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes reported more severe musculoskeletal symptoms than women who did not have the condition, according to findings published in The Diabetes Educator.

“Type 2 diabetes silently but commonly causes musculoskeletal symptoms that are generally overlooked and poorly treated compared with cardiovascular, pulmonary and other type 2 diabetes-related complications,” You Lee Yang, PhD, RN, of the Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute of Yonsei University College of Nursing in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues wrote. “Care providers should be aware of possible musculoskeletal signs and symptoms in midlife women with type 2 diabetes to improve their quality of life.”