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Why Diabetic Foot Care is Important

By Affiliated Podiatrists
November 28, 2017
Category: Foot Care
Tags: Diabetic Foot Care  

Do you have diabetes? If so, you know that your feet can become more prone to issues and infections due to long-term impairment of the diabetic foot carenervous and circulatory systems. What can you do? For optimal care of your feet, partner with your Chicago foot and ankle doctors at Affiliated Podiatrists.

Podiatric care for the diabetic

Diabetic foot and ankle care is one of the most important services your doctors at Affiliated Podiatrists offer. Why? it's because a person with diabetes is prone to infection due to a lowered immune system. He or she also heals slowly, has reduced peripheral circulation, and impaired nerve function (peripheral neuropathy). To avoid serious complications from diabetes, your Chicago podiatrist urges you to come to the office regularly for visual inspection of your feet and prompt treatment of any concerning issues.

What happens at a podiatric examination

Your foot and ankle doctor will inspect your feet visually, looking for any swelling, redness, sores or lacerations. Also, he'll look for any deformities such as bunions or hammertoes because, for the diabetic, these issues cause pressure points which can lead to ulcerations, corns and calluses.

If necessary, your podiatrist will order X-rays and other imaging, along with blood work, particularly if he suspects an infection. He may confer with the primary care physician about his findings. Then, the foot and ankle doctor will write a customized care plan to outline his recommendations for treatment of immediate problems and for continuing maintenance going forward.

Common sense care for your feet

Whether or not you have diabetes, please consider a routine foot care regimen. Your feet help you stand, walk, accomplish your activities of daily living, go to work, play sports and much more. The staff at Affiliated Podiatrists advises the following:

  • Wash and dry your feet thoroughly every day.
  • Wear properly fitting shoes with ample room in the toes.
  • Alternate pairs of shoes to avoid pressure points.
  • Inspect your feet daily, looking for pressure points, cuts, excessive dryness and blisters.
  • If you smoke, stop, as cigarettes hinder peripheral circulation.
  • Control your blood sugars, cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
  • If you have peripheral neuropathy, track your symptoms, and report them to your podiatrist.
  • Wear diabetic shoes or customized orthotics as prescribed.
  • Exercise to promote good circulation.
  • Don't use heating pads or hot water bottles if you are diabetic and have neuropathy.
  • Don't sit with your legs crossed as this affects circulation.
  • Wear shoes when indoors and out of doors to avoid injury.
  • Never self-treat calluses, cuts, corns or blisters. See your podiatrist right away.
  • Call Affiliated Podiatrists at the first indication of a problem with your feet (redness, swelling, unhealed blisters, unexplained pain).

See you soon

Please schedule your routine foot and ankle check-up at Affiliated Podiatrists in Chicago. Call (773) 202-8800. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Diabetic Foot Care

By Dr. Feder
February 04, 2011
Category: Foot Care
Tags: Diabetic Foot Care  

Fifteen per cent of people with diabetes are affected by foot ulceration at some time in their life. Debridement is an intervention intended to quicken ulcer healing. It involves the removal of devitalized tissue and contaminated or foreign material from the wound, until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. Once healthy tissue is exposed, weight may be redistributed by padding the foot in order to take pressure off of the wound, permitting it to heal fully. Eventually, an orthotic may be prescribed and fabricated for placement within a patient's shoes for prevention of recurrences.

Effective management of the diabetic foot is generally regarded as requiring a multidisciplinary approach with good communication between the podiatrist, the internist and the patient.

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