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Saving your feet from diabetes
FirstpostThe age of diabetic patients undergoing major foot and leg amputations have been consistently decreasing over the period of seven years in India Diabetes is a major public health challenge in India, with the country called the diabetes capital of the world. It takes 10-15 years of poorly controlled diabetes to develop complications like peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease. Complications of long-standing, uncontrolled diabetes like peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease set the stage for diabetic foot ulcers, which may be associated with severe infections leading to multi-organ failure. But even in cases of serious complications like peripheral neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease, simple foot-care measures, adequate cleanliness and frequent visual inspection carried daily can prevent foot ulcers and infections.
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