People with diabetes are particularly prone to foot problems. Raised blood glucose levels, also known as blood sugar, can damage the sensation in your feet.
This can also affect your circulation, which can lead to you getting less blood supply to your feet. Without a good blood supply, you may have problems with cuts and sores healing. You may also get cramps and pain in your legs or feet.
If you don’t get these foot problems treated, they could lead to foot ulcers, infections and, at worst, amputations.
Our purpose is to keep our diabetic patients pain free and risk free.
At the initial appointment, diabetic patients have a neuro-vascular assessed so we can ‘benchmark’ them based risk. The risk depends on many factors such as medical history, mobility, disease progression, lifestyle and foot health.
We take all these factors into account and recommended a treatment plan that can vary from monthly to 6 monthly depending on your individual need.
Patients that are pre diabetic or diabetic will benefit from a routine foot appointment as we always assess your general and lower limb health together with the treatment we provide.
These checks are as important as regular dental and optical check-ups in maintaining your general health and wellbeing.
