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Precursors to Foot Disease in Diabetes Patients Identified

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

Foot ulcerations are one of the most serious complications of diabetes, resulting in more than 80,000 lower-leg amputations each year in the U.S. alone. "Nearly one in 40 diabetes patients will develop foot ulcers every year and more than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation."

Preventive Foot Care Socks Reduce In-Shoe Plantar Foot Pressure

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Altering the kind of socks patients wear is a simple, cost-effective way of protecting at-risk feet in the diabetic population.

Inadequate Footwear Triples Risk For Diabetes Amputation Risk

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Amputation risk was tripled by going barefoot, doubled by wearing sneakers regularly to work, increased fourfold by wearing sneakers to town, and doubled by wearing rubber thong sandals

Helping Your Feet Last a Lifetime

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

One of the biggest of those challenges is the fact that many people with diabetes eventually develop a condition called diabetic neuropathy. That's the technical name for the nerve damage that seems to be caused in part by high blood glucose. The first sign of nerve damage in the feetand legs is often a tingling or burning sensation, you really have to pamper your sweet feet

Physician Attitudes Toward Foot Care Education and Foot Examination – Rated Poor

Posted: Sunday, January 12, 2003

1/3 of patients with diabetes do not check their feet.Foot complications are one of the most serious causes of morbidity, disability, poor quality of life, and resource use among diabetic people.