Nerve disorders that occur at the edge of diabetics often cause problems in the legs to be amputated if not controlled. This is due to diabetics can no longer feel the pain even though there is irritation or infection in the foot. Therefore, checking feet every day become liabilities for diabetics.
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.
