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If you happen to have diabetes, then you know just how important it is but you manage your symptoms and that you visit a variety of different specialists in order to make sure that everything relating to your disease is being checked and treated. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects the blood and can alter the way that your body performs and functions. It can affect various different aspects of your overall health, including your overall foot health as well. Here at our Brighton Beach podiatry office, Body & Feet, we can provide you with the routine diabetic foot care that you will need in order to care for your feet and cope with this disease, even providing wound care if necessary as well.
Diabetes is a serious disease that affects your blood circulation. Blood circulation is essential for your bodily functions, meaning that any problems with your blood circulation will affect the way that your body performs overall. Not only may certain functions become weak or ineffectual due to diabetes, but you may also be at increased risk for disease and infection. Blood circulation is essential to delivering fresh oxygenated blood to various parts of the body so that they can function normally. Additionally, your blood circulation is responsible for carrying away harmful toxins and waste from the blood stream as well. If oxygenated blood is not carried to various aspects of your body then it may not function properly, additionally, if toxins and waste or nor disposed of properly then you are at a greater risk of disease and infection. These are the sort of affects the diabetes can have on your health, but they can also specifically target your foot health as well. Here at Body & Feet we can help you manage your overall foot health in regards to your diabetes. In theory, as long as your diabetes symptoms are managed and taking care of, you should be healthy, but you still run the risk of developing any number of diseases or conditions that may result do to your having diabetes at all. Diabetes tends to affect your extremities the most, including your feet. People with diabetes run the risk of experiencing nerve damage or severe foot infections due to blisters and wounds that may not heal properly due to poor blood circulation. Here at our Brighton Beach podiatry office we can help you manage any foot related issues that you have while also managing your symptoms. If you have any wounds that are not healing properly, we can provide you with the care necessary to ward off infection and preserve your foot health as well as your overall health, too.
When it comes to having diabetes, it is important to make sure that all of your bases are covered. By visiting a variety of different specialists relating to your diabetic health, you can properly manage you symptoms and in sure that your health is looked after and there any issues rectified before irreversible side effects can occur. Here at our Brighton Beach podiatry office, Body & Feet, our team of dedicated professionals can help you improve your life and preserve your foot health.
By Body & Feet
January 18, 2016
