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Wondering if you have to be diabetic to get a diabetic ulcer?
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Yes: By definition! because in a diabetic, foot ulcers have multiple causes including abnormal foot pressure, neuropathy, vascular insufficiency, poor control of sugars, .
Answered 12/31/2013
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