A people with diabetes have to keep their skin better. In general, people with diabetes will ignore skin conditions. But from now on they should be more concerned about the condition of their skin.

Unlike other parts of the body, the skin most easily detected because you can easily observe. Diabetic’s skin is prone to mildew or bacteria. If you notice diabetic’s skin healed very difficult when wounded. Actually, people who do not have diabetes may also experience yeast or germ attacks. But people who suffer from diabetes are more likely to catch and have a healing time very long.

Diabetes can also make the skin condition become very dry. No wonder if the skin is more easily cracked and itchy. Skin conditions which are cracked well utilized by the bacteria that can make the skin become infected.

Conditions of normal skin will sweat almost every time. But for people with diabetes, the skin will very rarely sweat. This skin was very detrimental. Perspiration from your skin will help maintain skin moisture. The less sweat comes out; skin condition will be dry.

1. Check out all through the finger included nail because injuries can come from a small area that is not obvious.

2. If not possible to check their own feet, ask other family members to check on your feet.

3. Clean and wash your feet daily with warm water but not too hot. Previously you could test the water temperature by hand. Avoid soaking the feet for too long because if there are wounds exposed to water in a long time and recurring result was a long recovery. After that, dry your feet including between the fingers with a soft towel.

4. Always wear slippers or shoes. If you need to wear socks because there may be some shoes from materials that can cause foot irritation so that cause infection.

Although you like to wear stockings, socks are made from nylon or thin, but it was thin socks do not protect the feet very well. So should wear socks made from thick so that the foot pretty well protected.

Diabetes increases the risk of hypertension because accumulation of sugar and cholesterol causes hardening of the arteries. The ends of blood do not flow smoothly, so the pressure rises. In addition to trigger high blood pressure, diabetes can also be a “shadow” disease for heart failure and renal dysfunction.

Immediately go to the doctor, when we suspect’s blood pressure was above normal. This examination is intended to determine the level of risk of diabetes. To prevent the risk of other serious illnesses such as heart and kidney, requested that the doctor did a routine test for patients with high blood pressure, namely:

- Urine tests to check proten levels in the urine
- Blood tests to check whether our kidneys function properly
- Cholesterol test
- EKG test to check heart health.

We also need to know that high blood pressure is not like flu illness that can be cured by swallowing the drug. Hypertension should be treated with lifestyle changes. Do routine exercises, prevent obesity, limit salt, and stop smoking.