Protect Your Feet With Shoes For Diabetic Neuropathy
Jun 22nd, 2011 by GuestPoster
Editor’s Comment:
While not directly related to the usual diabetic menu items discussed on Diabetic Menu Guide, I believe it warrants a place here because it is of special interest to many people with diabetes, especially those who have suffered from diabetes for a long time, and that includes me and I too suffer a diabetic neuropathy of the feet that I have written about recently at our companion site, Diabetic Food List.
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Diabetes is one of the most common diseases being diagnosed worldwide today. Usually, this disease has a number of complications that may affect the human organs.
Diabetic neuropathy is a complication of diabetes that affects the primary nerves. The most common type of diabetic neuropathy is peripheral neuropathy in feet. Peripheral nerves are the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the muscles, skin, internal organs, and glands. Peripheral neuropathy is the malfunction of these sensory and motor nerves causing insensitivity or a loss of ability to feel pain, heat, and cold. This is why patient develop many kinds of wounds, which they are not aware of because of the numbness feeling.
Patients with this condition can develop minor cuts, scrapes, blisters, or pressure sores that they may not be aware. Complications of the injuries may result and lead to ulceration and possibly amputation. It can also cause deformities such as bunions, hammertoes and charcot foot.
In order to prevent such injuries, properly fitted diabetic shoes are necessary for diabetics. These shoes have specially designed insoles in order to help alleviate and/or prevent foot pain and injury. Diabetic neuropathy shoes are often wider and deeper than regular shoes in order to accommodate the special diabetic insoles. Diabetic neuropathy shoes are generally custom made for each patient to ensure proper fit and to minimize rubbing and uneven weight distribution in order to prevent injuries. In addition, most of the shoes are open-toed, fabric or sandal-type. This is to allow good air circulation for the feet and encourage good blood circulation, and allow the skin to breathe.
Shoes for diabetic neuropathy patients should be comfortable and the wearer should feel much better after wearing them. It is better to take care of our feet than to lose them forever due to this serious disease.
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