Keeping Your Feet Healthy When You Have Diabetes
It's always important to care for your feet, you depend on them more than you may realize and they help support and balance your entire body, but if you suffer from diabetes then foot care becomes even more crucial. You can learn more about diabetic foot care by reaching out to your local foot experts at Family Foot & Ankle Associates of Maryland serving the areas of Camp Springs/Clinton, Kensington, Olney, Laurel, Maple Lawn, and Silver Spring, MD.
Foot Ulcers
A foot ulcer is an injury that usually starts out small but due to conditions like diabetes, these become difficult to treat and can become potentially dangerous if left untended without professional care for too long.
Diabetes not only makes you more prone to certain foot conditions and disorders, as well as ulcers and wounds, but it also makes these more difficult to detect due to nerve damage, and it also becomes harder for them to heal properly on their own.
The goal of treatment is to prevent the injury from becoming infected.
Prevention
Because foot ulcers begin as small injuries it's important to examine your feet daily, either by yourself or with someone else's help if you're physically unable to do so.
Report to your podiatrist any sign of concern, such as callouses, blisters, redness, and any drainage on your socks.
Prevent injuries by visiting your podiatrist regularly and by wearing supportive and properly fitting shoes.
Foot ulcers begin as minor injuries so it's important to wear properly fitting shoes to prevent any blisters or scrapes.
Diabetic Foot Care Treatment in Camp Springs/Clinton, Kensington, Olney, Laurel, Maple Lawn, and Silver Spring, MD
If you are interested in diabetic foot care with your local professionals at Family Foot & Ankle Associates of Maryland you can dial (301) 924-5044 to reach the Olney, MD, office, (301) 439-0300 for Silver Spring, MD, (301) 868-7670 for Camp Springs, MD, (301) 942-8110 for Kensington, MD, and (301) 317-6800 for Laurel and Fulton, MD.