A trusted data indicate that every 30 seconds, a leg being amputated due to diabetes in the world. Adult having diabetes have 25 times risk of being amputated than healthy people. Medical data states that 5% of adult diabetes patients usually go with ulcers on their legs. One of six from them will have to deal with this condition for the rest of their life.

In order to prevent complications and foot amputations, diabetic person should follow some rule to live their life:

• Examine the feet everyday for any unusual conditions such as: cuts, sores, unusual color of the skin, irritation or any open wounds.
• Feet protection. Use proportional shoes that are fit with your feet in order to prevent feed injuries.
• Wear a good cotton shocks to absorb sweat. The shocks should not be to tight and clean.
• Wash the feed, especially the part between the toes carefully. Use gently soap and clean water and if necessary, use oil or lotions or any medical treatment suggested by diabetes expert. You can find such lotion and medication easily in the pharmacies.
• Cut your nail regularly, and make sure that you cut them right. Do not left any sharp point in the corner.
• Do regular checkup and consultation with your doctor or lower limb specialist to check your feet and monitor them.
• If any wounds exist, make sure that it’s clean and covered up well with bandage.

Thins you should not do:

• You should not wear any shoes with sharp part on the edge, or high heels
• Do not wear shocks too tight
• Do not wash your feet with high temperature water.
• Use only cold or warm, do not too hot. This will prevent you feet from being burned.
• You should avoid walking without shoes. If it cannot be done for the reason of culture or religion, be very careful.
• Never take the risk to get any open wound in your feet.
• Do not ever try to cut your ulcer with any sharp material or anything. Ask for your doctor or specialist whenever you have a problem with your feet.
• Control your meal, control your body weight in the most ideal condition
• You should not smoke for whatever reason, because smoking will have some effect on your blood stream.
• Never wear any foot jewelery. It will possibly harm you and create an open wound that will lead to ulcers.
• When you have diabetes, you should really be very careful with your life-style.
• Avoid stress and depression.
• Do a tight enjoyable diet.

In other words, this speed up the aging process of the lower part of the body ((peripheral vascular disease) and the absence of protection effect on foot and leg and failure to use the immune system to fight infection. This situation has different effect on every body with the same condition. Scientific research shows that a strict devotion to medical treatment together with a good exercise help to maintain the blood sugar level in an appropriate condition, thus it will prevent another complications.

At first, symptoms might be negligible. Dry skin around your toes, or tickling feeling on toes at night. Sooner or later, it will lead to complete anesthetized in your foot, that will cause in the failure of immunity and finally neuropathic ulceration. Feet and lower limb will not be able to get enough oxygen and nutrition as the result of the decreasing circulation to them. This will lead to gangrene and even amputation. Yes indeed it seem to be very cruel, but this amputation could be the best way when any other treatment is not enough.

An organization of diabetes in Australia has recommended a regular checkup on your foot health by expert podiatrist to count the quality of your foot-health as a precaution act against diabetes. Podiatrist is an expert on the treatment on the foot, ankle and lower legs. They will be able to diagnose the condition of your lower limb and give you a description on your general health condition. Moreover, pediatric will provide some treatment and consultation necessary on the condition of your foot health. When it is necessary, an examination will be done on overall and detail condition of your foot and legs, including nail and others. The information on your lower limb health then will be passed to the specialist on diabetes and a possible advance treatment maybe recommended based on your foot health condition.

These are some tips to take care of your foot and monitor your foot health:

Clean your foot with clean water daily and make sure that you put a special awareness on the part between toes.

Examine your foot carefully everyday to make sure that they are in a perfect condition, without any cuts, spots, or other unusual condition. (if you find difficulties in seeing your foot directly and clearly, use mirror)

You should wear an adequate shoes,that is fit and comfortable. Wear non elastic top cotton socks to lessen the pressure on your lower leg . It will also absorb sweat well. Visit podiatry diabetes foot to get examine annually.

Usually people who visit the doctor because of experiencing some diabetes early signs and diagnosed of having diabetes doesn’t believe that they suffer from such kind of disease. In most cases like that the patients can hardly recognize it, and usually they come to the doctor to consult about other problem than diabetes. Most of the symptoms usually addressed to another body parts problems.

When the signs of diabetes identified as early as possible, there is still a big chance for the people who suffer from such kind of disease, to control their diabetic condition, thus they will be able to avoid another complication caused by the high sugar level in their blood.

So far- states by American Diabetes Association – diabetes has been in 6th position on the rank of major death cause in the USA. Here they have listed the signs of diabetes.

They are:

Frequent Urination: frequent urination caused by the high level of sugar in blood which will be disposed through the kidneys. That’s why we always see people who suffer from diabetes doing a frequent urination.

Increased thirst: Too much urination will lead to dehydration

Increase Hunger: Diabetes identified by the lack of insulin or the lost of pancreas ability to create insulin. Sugar that is to be burned into energy is unable to get into the cell and go with the blood stream. Thus, energy could not be created perfectly. By he lack of energy condition, body sends a hungry signal. That’s why a diabetic person always feel hungry.

Rapid unexplainable weight lost: Since the energy is fail to be formed in the body, it starts to use fat and the protein too to be converted into energy. Patient always feel hungry even when they have taken their meal more than their regular diet.

Tiredness: The low level of energy resulting in tiredness and Fatigue

Depression and easily boiled: although the signs of diabetes are not so obvious, it has the possibility to make a person easily boiled and depressed.

Vision lost: when a high sugar level blood continuously flows to the eyes. It will damage the eye lens and lead to blindness.

If these symptoms being ignored from time to time, it will get worse. The high sugar level that continuously ignored will lead to many diabetes complications in the future. Continuous stress which lead to irritability, tiredness and depression. It is very crucial to be understood that the diabetes signs can never be known by them selves. It is needed to take step by step action to reduce the intensity.