Question 1

can someone who is insulin resistant develop a diabetic foot?

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Diabetic foot: Type ii diabetes is associated with Insulin resistance. Yes, type ii diabetics develop complications with their nerves and arteries that can allow them to develop a diabetic foot.

Question 2

can someone develop diabetic foot while having high sugars being insulin resistant?

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Yes: High blood sugar from being Insulin resistant is one way to get "diabetic foot".

Question 3

any advice for someone with diabetic foot who will go on a long flight?

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Move your feet : When sitting, stand up and take a walk every 45 minutes to an hour. Speak to your doctor about wearing support hose.

Question 4

can you tell me about tips for someone with diabetic foot who will go on a long flight?

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Be prepared: Be sure to wear properly measured and fitted shoes.  Do not forget to bring along your medication. Control you blood sugar.  Get up occasionally and walk around for a few steps.  Aks you doctor if you should wear compression stockings to prevent blood clots.

Question 5

what does a diabetic foot look like?

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Diabetic foot: A person with diabetes may have normal looking feet.  Diabetes can cause both neurologic and vascular problems yielding numb or painful feet, and/or poor circulation with red, pale, or bluish skin colors, or even gangrene.  There is no one "diabetic foot" appearance. Your podiatrist should be consulted to evaluate your feet periodically if you are diabetic.

Question 6

how can i take care of diabetic foot?

Accepted Answer

Professional care: Diabetic foot ulcers and infection may often times be prevented with good diabetic foot education and foot care by a professional, tight sugar control, good nutrition, frequent foot inspection and use of properly fitting shoes.

Question 7

i have diabetic foot and i am going to go on a long flight what should i do?

Accepted Answer

When sitting: Perform some foot and ankle excercises, make sure to get up and walk around every so often ( at least once per hour.)  you can wear compression socks if your circulation is fine in the legs.

Question 8

what exactly is a diabetic foot problem?

Accepted Answer

Foot ulceration: Diabetics have loss of protective sensation to their feet.  This occurs because excess glucose in the blood causes pathological changes to the nerves.  Poor sensation can lead to the development of sores or ulcers.  Diabetic also have poor blood supply to their feet so it is difficult to heal the ulcers.  The ulcers can get infected and cause gangrene of the foot.

Question 9

diabetic foot sores: are they contagious?

Accepted Answer

Foot sores: They are not contagious. If the sore is infected with bacteria they can be passed from one to another.

Question 10

what medication will help with diabetic foot pain?

Accepted Answer

Too broad a question: It depends on what you are focussing on - the cause of the diabetic foot pain or the symptom itself or both.

This is too broad of a question to answer because the first thing that has to be determined is how well controlled is the diabetes.  Treating the pain is treating the symptom but the cause of the pain may be related to the damage to the nerves caused by the disease.

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