Tips for Diabetic Foot Care and Prevention
- posted: Jan. 10, 2024
Excellence in Foot Health in Idaho
Our four esteemed, experienced podiatrists see patients daily at Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in three office locations in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID; say you must have excellent diabetic foot care if you have diabetes. This diagnosis takes a toll on your feet.
Our doctors feel it is of the utmost importance to give diabetic patients tips on healthy foot care and how they can prevent the complications of diabetes in their feet, such as amputation of toes or feet due to untreated complications.
Foot Care and Prevention Tips for the Diabetic
Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID, explain that if you have diabetes, you must have good diabetic foot care. Excellent foot care involves common sense approaches towards foot health. The following is a list of tips you can do to ensure your feet remain in excellent condition despite your diabetic diagnosis.
- Establish yourself with a top-notch podiatry doctor and visit frequently for exams and blood flow checks.
- Open sores/cuts/blisters/ulcers/redness/swelling/corns/calluses/skin/nail changes demand immediate medical attention.
- Check both feet daily.
- Be aware of nerve damage and inability to feel pain/ discomfort in your feet.
- Keep glucose level in a respectable range.
- If overweight, lose weight.
- Keep blood pressure within acceptable range.
- Reduce high cholesterol.
- Avoid smoking.
- Follow a well-balanced, healthy diet.
- Create a sensible exercise plan like walking/swimming/cycling.
- Take prescribed medications as ordered.
- Wash your feet daily in warm water. Towel dry thoroughly, including in between toes, and lotion on top and bottom of feet, avoiding between toes.
- Never go barefoot.
- Ensure shoes/socks are not tight.
- Keep toenails clean/trimmed. Please have your podiatrist trim your toenails and remove corns/calluses/and ingrown toenails.
- Keep your feet up when sitting, and exercise your toes.
- Be sure to come and see us if you have pain/cramping in your legs/ buttocks/thighs/calves during activities.
- Please report pain/burning/tingling/change in the shape of your feet /loss of hair on your toes, feet, and lower legs.
- Report inability to feel hot or cold on your feet, change in temperature, or color.
- Lotion dry skin on feet.
- Seek treatment for athlete's feet and signs of fungus infection in toenails.
Call Us Immediately if You are Diabetic and Experience Foot Problems
Our four experienced and devoted podiatric doctors and surgeons at Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID can't stress enough to give them a call for diabetic foot care.
Make an appointment for a diabetic consultation. If you have diabetes and experience open sores or ulcers developing on your feet, you cannot wait another day. Please call us immediately.
- Boise, ID, by calling (208) 327-0627
- Nampa, ID, by calling (208) 463-1660
- Meridian, ID, by calling (208) 888-9876
Call today.
- posted: Jan. 10, 2024
Excellence in Foot Health in Idaho
Our four esteemed, experienced podiatrists see patients daily at Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in three office locations in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID; say you must have excellent diabetic foot care if you have diabetes. This diagnosis takes a toll on your feet.
Our doctors feel it is of the utmost importance to give diabetic patients tips on healthy foot care and how they can prevent the complications of diabetes in their feet, such as amputation of toes or feet due to untreated complications.
Foot Care and Prevention Tips for the Diabetic
Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID, explain that if you have diabetes, you must have good diabetic foot care. Excellent foot care involves common sense approaches towards foot health. The following is a list of tips you can do to ensure your feet remain in excellent condition despite your diabetic diagnosis.
- Establish yourself with a top-notch podiatry doctor and visit frequently for exams and blood flow checks.
- Open sores/cuts/blisters/ulcers/redness/swelling/corns/calluses/skin/nail changes demand immediate medical attention.
- Check both feet daily.
- Be aware of nerve damage and inability to feel pain/ discomfort in your feet.
- Keep glucose level in a respectable range.
- If overweight, lose weight.
- Keep blood pressure within acceptable range.
- Reduce high cholesterol.
- Avoid smoking.
- Follow a well-balanced, healthy diet.
- Create a sensible exercise plan like walking/swimming/cycling.
- Take prescribed medications as ordered.
- Wash your feet daily in warm water. Towel dry thoroughly, including in between toes, and lotion on top and bottom of feet, avoiding between toes.
- Never go barefoot.
- Ensure shoes/socks are not tight.
- Keep toenails clean/trimmed. Please have your podiatrist trim your toenails and remove corns/calluses/and ingrown toenails.
- Keep your feet up when sitting, and exercise your toes.
- Be sure to come and see us if you have pain/cramping in your legs/ buttocks/thighs/calves during activities.
- Please report pain/burning/tingling/change in the shape of your feet /loss of hair on your toes, feet, and lower legs.
- Report inability to feel hot or cold on your feet, change in temperature, or color.
- Lotion dry skin on feet.
- Seek treatment for athlete's feet and signs of fungus infection in toenails.
Call Us Immediately if You are Diabetic and Experience Foot Problems
Our four experienced and devoted podiatric doctors and surgeons at Idaho Foot & Ankle Associates in Boise, Nampa & Meridian, ID can't stress enough to give them a call for diabetic foot care.
Make an appointment for a diabetic consultation. If you have diabetes and experience open sores or ulcers developing on your feet, you cannot wait another day. Please call us immediately.
- Boise, ID, by calling (208) 327-0627
- Nampa, ID, by calling (208) 463-1660
- Meridian, ID, by calling (208) 888-9876
Call today.