Table of Contents
- Diabetes and Your Feet
- How does diabetes affect your feet?
- How do you prevent these problems?
- Self-Assessment Test
- Neuropathy of the Diabetic Foot
- Problems of Blood Circulation in Diabetic Feet
- Skin Lesions of the Diabetic Foot
- Nail Diseases
- Ingrown toenails
- What are the causes of ingrown toenails ?
- How do you prevent ingrown toenails?
- Fungal infection of the toenails
- Blood under the nail
- Self-Assessment Test
- Bunions, Corns, Calluses and Ulcerations
- Diabetic Charcot's Foot
- Diabetic Foot Infections
- Soft tissue infection
- Bone infection in diabetic feet
- Self-Assessment Test
- Preventive Foot Surgeries in Diabetes
- Who can have preventive foot surgeries?
- Nail surgeries
- Hammertoes
- Bunions
- Calluses
- Self-Assessment Test
- Footwear in Diabetes
- Shoes for diabetic feet
- Shoe inserts and orthotics
- Socks
- Self-Assessment Test
- Foot Examinations by Your Doctor
- What to notify your doctor
- Blood circulation examination
- Examination of the nerves of the foot
- Examination of skin and nails
- Examination of foot deformities
- Self-Assessment Test
- Preventive Diabetic Footcare Schedule
- Daily self footcare
- Monthly schedule of diabetic footcare
- What are diabetic foot emergencies
- What is preventive podiatric care
- Self-Assesement Test
- Case Histories
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