Better Health & Beyond — Foot Care
Why Does Type 2 Diabetes Cause Your Feet to Go Numb?
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High blood sugar that's uncontrolled can lead to serious complications, like pain, numbness, and injury in the feet and legs.
10 Footcare Tips For People With Diabetes
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Diabetic foot care is essential as diabetes can be dangerous to your feet—even a small cut can produce serious consequences. Diabetes may cause nerve damage that takes away the feeling in your feet. Diabetes may also reduce blood flow to the feet, making it harder to heal an injury or resist infection. Because of these problems, you may not notice a foreign object in your shoe. As a result, you could develop a blister or a sore. This could lead to an infection or a nonhealing wound that could put you at risk for an amputation.