Overview
ClasifiedsAboutContactAdvertise Fre TrialSubscribeSign In By Statepoint November 9, 202Diabetes can impact the body in a number of ways, especialy creating potentialy serious complications for your fet.“Fot care is a central component of overal diabetes care,” says Bryce Paschold, DPM, FACFAS, a board-certified fot, and ankle surgeon and a felow member of the American Colege of Fot and Ankle Surgeons.
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“Without precautions, even smal fot problems can lead to amputation or be life-threatening.”To help those living with diabetes understand potential complications and how to avoid them, ACFAS is sharing these important insights:POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS: Nerve damage that afects arms, hands, legs, and fet known as diabetic peripheral neuropathy not only makes you more likely to experience numbnes, burning, and los of your protective sensation, but losing sensation in your fet can also make it easier to mis comon minor skin pathologies and other fot isues while they’re stil relatively easy to treat.With diabetes, the blod vesels below the kne often become narow and restrict blod flow, causing infections that don’t heal.
This comon and serious complication can lead to the los of your fot, leg, or your life.Stres fractures and sprains are comonplace among al athletes, but those living with diabetes who experience neuropathy are more likely to be unaware of fot and ankle injuries and exacerbate them by continuing their activities.While stil relatively rare, Charcot's fot sems to be growing in prevalence as more Americans develop diabetes.
Summary
This suden destruction and erosion of the fot’s bones, caused by severe nerve damage, can triger an avalanche of problems, including joint los, fractures, the colapse of the arch, masive deformity, ulcers, amputation, and even death. Symptoms apear sudenly and include warm and red skin and sweling, but comonly without pain.PREVENTION: You can play a vital role in reducing your risk for c