Even though your taking it for granted, your feet is an essential part of your body. They’re useful to us for running, balance and walking. Without our feet, to stand is very difficult.

When you’ve got diabetes, you’ll likely develop a problem in your foot. In every difficulty that may come up from diabetes, a serious foot condition that may result to amputation is controllable.

How does diabetes causes foot problem?

There are people who have diabetes, they sometimes have complications. There are 2 very usual types of complications, they are adversely affecting your feet, it damages nerves or neuropathy, and damages blood vessels or vascular diseases.

How can you take good care of your feet?

If you don’t have nerves or damaged blood vessels in your feet, you still need to take good care of both of your feet.

• Wash your feet and dry it on a daily basis. Take good care of them especially those between the toes.
• Moisturize your feet lightly on a daily basis, do not apply moisturizer between your toes.
• Wear a sensible and well fitted shoe like deep and broad sports shoe.
• Take a look at them everyday, monitor if they’re looking normal and healthy. Report changes to a doctor.
• Make a regular monitoring of your feet to a doctor, diabetes pro or podiatrist to know if there’s a developing sign of numbness or poor blood circulation.

If you’ve got a damaged blood vessels or nerves in a foot, you must:

• Ask a foot doctor for some suggestions on how to properly cut your toenails. Lots of the problems in the feet developed from an accident when they cut their nails.
• When the pain had been reduced get a specialist cutter that is trained in cutting toenails.
• Always monitor your shoe before putting it on; there might be objects there inside.
• Make a thorough examination in your feet, particularly in your toe and in your nails. Check for cracks, redness, bruises, blisters or swelling. Get an immediate assistance from a doctor if there are problems seen.
• Wear a thick sock, its preferable if there’s no seam. Seams might cause a pressure and result to ulcer or blister.
• Do check your bath temperature with an elbow before you get in, avoiding an accidental burn on your feet.
• Have a regular feet checkup by a podiatrist in your visits and even during your visit for another reason.
• Try keeping an ideal weight.
• Question your foot doctor about fitting a shock absorber in your shoe.
• Quit smoking. You need to ask a doctor how you’ll stop smoking.

Shown above are tips on how your take good care of your both foot. However, if you’ve got a damaged blood vessels or nerves taking these steps prevents a problem to arise. It will be better if you take good care of your feet than losing a part of it later.

• The first and foremost thing you have to do is avoid intake of fat, avoid ghee, cream, cheese and others. Using of cooking oil should be minimal. Doctors say that you should use only quarter liter oil for a month for one person.

• If you are a non-vegetarian do not punish yourself by not eating non-vegetarian food. Instead, you can have non-fat products like fish, skinless poultry and lean meat which is said to be very low in fat.

• Some people jump into conclusions, and start fasting, thinking that if they fast today, then they can eat everything the next day and the diet will be balanced. Please do not do that as it would affect you health very badly and would lead to other diseases.

• Fitness experts say that, the best thing you can do to control diabetes is to walk. Brisk walk for about 20-30 minutes per day is the best. Even a treadmill on a moderate speed is preferred. But no running and jumping.

• Take proper care of yourself. Specially your feet because it is believed that, if you have diabetes your feet are the first to be affected.

Thereby by following such simple steps you can control diabetes. No doubt it is going to be a little difficult initially but if you continue following them for a couple of days, your body and mind will get tuned to it. Later that will become a routine. Don’t forget health is wealth. Nobody can take care of yourself as much as you do. And your health is your wealth

The most important first aid steps required during the blood sugar attack are:

• Make the patient calm down and seat.

• Make him consume something sweet like sweet drink or candy. If you cannot decide whether the blood sugar has increased or decreased provide him the sugar anyway.

• If the patient improves after sugar intake then supply him something else to eat. However if the patient is unconscious do not try to force anything into his mouth but call for an ambulance.

It is important to visit a doctor after diabetes attack since it leaves you weak and tired. If you have been unconscious the doctor may even admit you to the hospital. Some patients may even face vomiting or drowsiness during diabetic attack. Remember always your main aim of this first aid is to raise the level of sugar and get the person as soon as possible to the doctor. Since you cannot carry out the first aid yourself if unconscious it is better to write instructions on the diabetic warning card and carry sweets or candies with you. Never skip a meal instead take five small meals in place of three large ones. And most significantly, never smoke.