People with diabetes must choose their shoes carefully. Diabetes can affect the nerves and blood vessels in the feet, increasing the risk for injury, infection in wounds and slow healing. This also leaves diabetics at increased risk for amputation. Choosing the right shoes is an important part of diabetic foot care and plays an essential role in preventing foot complications.
When someone without diabetes injures his foot, pain alerts him to the injury. A diabetic with nerve damage or poor circulation may not realize he has injured his foot, which increases the risk of infection, ulcers and other fo...
For people who are covered by Medicare Part B and have diabetes, coverage is available for diabetic (or therapeutic) shoes and shoe inserts when specific conditions are met. People who have diabetes and are covered by Medicare ...
Medicare developed its diabetic shoe program with the intention of saving money by preventing foot ulcers and, ultimately, foot amputations. Foot ulcers are common afflictions, but can have devastating consequences in people in...
Without the right shoes, feet become irritated or infected. If left untreated, this can eventually lead to amputation. So, for diabetics, the right foot wear is crucial. Ill fitting shoes lessen foot sensitivity and before you ...
