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If your foot often falls asleep and there are cuts or bruises on them that may affect no sensation, brace yourself, it may be a case of diabetic foot.

With World Diabetes Day falling on Friday, experts suggested that leading a life of discipline and being alert with one’s feet is the most fruitful way to live with diabetes and coping with the potential risk of gangrenous infection is easy.

According to Ashok Jhingan, diabetologist and chairman, Delhi Diabetes Research Centre, told IANS, “Diabetic patients are often lazy about basic instructions that are following a disciplined routine of taking medicines and regular exercises as prescribed. These are necessary to maintain the circulation of blood and sugar levels in check.”

According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), there were an estimated 40 million people with diabetes in India in 2007 and this number is expected to increase to almost 70 million people by 2025.

This is due to the symptoms and signs of a diabetic foot comprise numbness or tingling in the feet, persistent sensation of cold feet, ulcerations on the foot or the toes.

According to Jhingan, “One must also be cautious of small cuts or burns that can expand into gangrene or deformities on the toes and the foot.”

A recent study pile up by Kushagra Katariya, CEO Artemis Health Sciences and cardio thoracic surgeon, ahead of World Diabetes Day on Nov 14, discover that around 5 percent of diabetics develop foot ulcers and 12 percent develop poor leg and foot circulation and every 30 seconds a lower limb is lost to diabetes.

Diabetic foot troubles can arise at any age and after any amount of time following someone being diagnosed as a diabetic.

It is vital for diabetics to get their feet regularly checked by a healthcare professional that expert in this field.

In some cases, the blood circulation in diabetes patients is so bad that it can affect vascular blockages. These can be eradicated surgically but also via an angioplasty or laser.

Many diabetic foot troubles can be nipped in the bud by increasing the awareness of patients to potential problems, which can be watch your weight, keep blood sugar levels in control and get regular checkups.

In winters, the diabetic foot is often likely to be regarded as a chill bite. However, the Diabetes disorder is rising day by day, in India almost 40,000 legs are amputated every year because of diabetes.

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