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The Diabetic Foot:
Wearing Special Diabetic Footwear Can Help Ease Your Diabetic Foot |
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| Approximately 16 million Americans have diabetes, a condition that can result in many diabetic foot problems. Diabetic foot care can help alleviate and prevent pain and discomfort, so sufferers need to special attention to their feet to avoid future diabetic foot problems. |
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| Causes of Diabetes: Why You Have a Diabetic Foot and Other Problems |
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There are two types of diabetes:
- Type I is hereditary and often starts at an early age. These sufferers manufacture little or no insulin, and must use injectable insulin to control their blood glucose level.
- Type II, or adult onset diabetes, typically occurs in the obese, and the insulin they produce is either not enough or does not work properly. Type II diabetes can be managed with diet, exercise and oral medication. Occasionally, insulin is required.
Many complications are associated with diabetes, primarily vascular and neurological. See your podiatrist on a regular basis, and contact one immediately if your diabetic foot becomes swollen, painful, red or infected.
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| Find Relief and Prevent a Diabetic Foot From Further Infection |
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If you have a diabetic foot, follow these tips to prevent and treat diabetic foot problems:
- Inspect a diabetic foot daily for blisters, bleeding and lesions between the toes. Use a mirror to examine the bottom of your feet as well.
- Wear therapeutic footwear, including specially made diabetes socks, diabetes slippers, insoles, orthotics and other diabetic footwear.
- Wear high and wide toe box shoes.
- Wear diabetic footwear, that fits well and protects your feet.
- Wear conforming removable insoles in footwear.
- Wear seamless diabetes socks and stockings to keep moisture away from your feet.
- Use diabetic foot creams – just not between the toes.
- Use bed cradles to reduce the weight of heavy bedding on your diabetic foot.
- Diabetic skin care is important! Wash your feet daily with warm, soapy water and dry them thoroughly, especially between the toes.
- Trim your toenails carefully, straight across, and do not gouge into the corners.
To learn more about our diabetic foot products, please visit FootSmart.com and shop by ailment to see all products designed to ease a diabetic foot.
Information on foot, leg and lower body health conditions provided by The Podiatry Institute, dedicated to advancing the standard of care in podiatric medicine and its effects on muscoskeletal health. |
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