This booklet explains how diabetes can affect your feet and how to prevent feet problems. How does diabetes affect your feet? Diabetes can affect the flow of blood to your feet. Diabetes affects the blood vessels, so it reduces the blood flow in your feet. The ability to heal injuries is reduced and the injuries may last for a long time. The ability to fight infections is reduced. The infection may spread in the body or lead to gangrene. Diabetes can affect the nerves (the feeling) in your feet. Diabetes can damage the nerves in your feet. You may not feel a pebble in your shoe. You may not feel other problems like a tight shoe. These can lead to injuries that are not felt. These injuries may not heal and may increase in size. These changes are gradual.

This booklet explains how diabetes can affect your feet and how to prevent feet problems.

How does Diabetes affect your Feet?

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  • Diabetes can affect the flow of blood to your feet.
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  • Diabetes can affect the nerves (the feeling) in your feet.
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  • These changes are gradual.
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