How does diabetes cause people to lose their foot?
Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at
10:41 pm
Question by : How does diabetes cause people to lose their foot?
What is the relationship between a person having diabetes and the problems I see them having with their feet? My neighbor is constantly in the hospital for her foot because of her diabetes, why?
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Answer by Patrick
Poor circulation
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It’s because of neuropathy. Eventually the nerves to the feet are so damaged that the diabetic does not notice an injury to their feet till it’s too late and it’s gone gangrenous and has to be amputated. If a diabetic has suffered neuropathy due to high glucose levels over many years, they have to inspect their feet visually often and any injuries however small needs to be treated by a medical professional. Your neighbor is probably in the early stages of neuropathy where her feet may be in constant pain due to the nerve damage. Of course, all of this can be avoided by keeping glucose levels under control, the target the Doctors recommend is to keep the A1c to 7% or less.
diabetes causes Poor circulation and it almost always starts with the feet. First, they’ll get soars on there feet then those soars can become infected and diabetics take longer to heal. After awhile there bodies circulation with just slowly stop in the feet, or legs, or hands and they will start to rot causing gangrene so doctors amputate the part with gangrene to prevent it from spreading.