How does Diabetes affect feet?
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So How does Diabetes affect feet?
With diabetes, people have poor blood circulation in the extremities and because of that they often can't tell if they are hurt or injured. This could be the start of infections or ulcers.
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1 in 5 People with Diabetes need to be hospitalized due to foot Problems.
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Diabetes and feet on Wikipedia
Diabetes mellitus ( or ; or )?often referred to as diabetes?is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough, or does not properly respond to, insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas. Insulin enables cells to absorb glucose in order to turn it into energy. This causes glucose to accumulate in the blood, leading to various potential complications.
Many types of diabetes are recognized: The principal three are:
* Type 1: Results from the body's failure to produce insulin. It is estimated that 5?10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. Presently most persons with type 1 diabetes take insulin injections.
* Type 2: Results from insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with absolute insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.
* Gestational diabetes: Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood sugar (glucose) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women. It may precede development of type 2 (or rarely type 1) DM.
Other forms of diabetes mellitus are categorized separately from these. Examples include congenital diabetes due to genetic defects of insulin secretion, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid diabetes induced by high doses of glucocorticoids, and several forms of monogenic diabetes.
All forms of diabetes have been treatable since insulin became medically available in 1921, but a cure is difficult. Pancreas transplants have been tried with limited success in type 1 DM; gastric bypass surgery has been successful in many with morbid obesity and type 2 DM; and gestational diabetes usually resolves after delivery. Diabetes without proper treatments can cause many complications. Acute complications include hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma. Serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure, retinal damage. Adequate treatment of diabetes is thus important, as well as blood pressure control and lifestyle factors such as smoking cesation and maintaining a healthy body weight.
As of 2000 at least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, or 2.8% of the population.
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Everywhere I go, I am coming across people who are having a hard time controlling their blood sugar. So many people are on medications that make them feel bad.
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- Barkely Barkely Jan 18, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
- My grandpa suffered from diabetes, that's always in the back of my mind, and it usually helps me make healthier choices (but not always).
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- boshemia boshemia Jan 17, 2009 @ 6:13 pm
- Thank you for sharing such valuable information.
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- WendyKrick WendyKrick Jan 16, 2009 @ 11:15 pm | in reply to Gandree
- Thank you so much for pointing that out. :)
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- Gandree Gandree Jan 16, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
- This is a big problem for diabetics and they are predicting an explosion of people with it in the coming years. I don't think you meant to use the word insured in the first paragraph tho.
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- sandyspider sandyspider Jan 16, 2009 @ 9:35 am
- Good information to know. Thanks for sharing.
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P.S. If you learn just one thing from this page, I hope it's this
One of the first ways in which diabetes may affect your feet is through the loss of sensation within your feet, often starting at the toes.
If you are noticing loss of sensation....contact you doctor.







