{"id":1115,"date":"2020-05-17T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T21:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2021-12-21T12:11:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:11:02","slug":"prayers-sign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/endocrinology-multimedia\/prayers-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1591994556333{background-color: #fff9f9 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Can be a physical finding of diabetes, related to a condition called <\/span>diabetic cheiroarthropathy<\/span>. This results in st<\/span><\/span>iffness of the joints preventing the fingers from opposing each other in a prayer position. This finding can also be seen in patients with sclerodactyly from systemic sclerosis.<\/span>
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Patient 1:<\/h1>\n

This is an older man with a history of poorly controlled diabetes who was found to have a positive prayer sign related to diabetic cheiroarthropathy.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1591994751383{background-color: #dcd9dd !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]