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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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- cold weather
I use padding shoe insolesYes. Sometimes they are but my feet are a bit sensitive so I prefer a bit of extra padding.
I use padding shoe insolesYes. Sometimes they are but my feet are a bit sensitive so I prefer a bit of extra padding.
Me too plus the socks.I use padding shoe insoles
Definitely, sensitive tootsiesMe too plus the socks.
I believe it has more to do with loss of feeling though neuropathy. If you don't feel a seam is digging in your foot it can easily lead to a nasty wound. If there are no lumpy seams that won't happen so easily. The loose top must be because many diabetics don't have a very good blood flow in their feet, and cutting it off even more by tight socks won't help.Why is it bad to wear socks that are not loose around the top? Is this the case even if your A1c is in normal range through diet?
5 double pointed needles 2.25mmI'm impressed. How many needles do you use?
Why is it bad to wear socks that are not loose around the top? Is this the case even if your A1c is in normal range through diet?
Not diabetic but seamless good price https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MENS-12-...hash=item1a23e49786:m:m4B2tUWyJpNGo1DHDBIcipQYou can get them at a reasonable price on Ebay or Amazon https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-PAIRS-...362744&hash=item361f27529c:g:SdcAAOSwl1lZlJk8
With or without breadcrumb coatings and fried or otherwise I think diabetic slippers would make much better whack-around-the-earhole weapons than the original soggy wet kippers...The old tip of frying your slippers in bread crumbs & wearing them like Findus crispy pancakes..?!
There are all sorts of 'rules' that Ds are supposed to adhere to, with the intention of keeping our feet healthy
- socks not tight around the ankles
- socks with flat seams
- flat shoes
- sensible shoes
- always wear enclosed shoes
- never go barefoot
- carefully wash and dry each foot daily, including between the toes, and inspect for injuries and sore spots and numb spots
- use a lotion daily to help skin condition
- see a podiatrist/chiropodist regularly
- make a doc appt if you get blisters or foot injuries or have ANY concerns at all
- ensure you get treatment for anything like ingrowing toenails, etc. etc.
As someone who spent every childhood summer barefoot on Cornish beaches, in rock pools and scrambling up cliffs, I struggle with half of these. Although I appreciate how sensible they all are, and how doing them all would reduce the number of diabetic amputations every year, I confess that I still regularly wear sandals in the summer, forget foot lotion and have never yet had a foot inspection or seen a podiatrist. But I would be the first person to make an appointment if I saw a problem starting.
Good advice, Brunn. I have regular foot checks. But In the past I've had two incidence of a horse standing on my foot. (Plain wellies.) A nail from a plank. (Yep, that one!) broken glass in a bare foot. Dead wasps actually still able to sting. A trolly stacked of frozen chips. (When I worked in food retail it fell.) there are countless times I dropped a PA speaker on my foot & a 3 foot long bayonet from WW1 I was messing with in socks & had a "misshap."
I wear steel toed PPE these days..You never know what might happen..