Diabetic Foot is Especially Susceptible to Foot Lesions
The most important effect of neuropathy (nerve damage) on the diabetic foot is the loss of sensation. The foot is vulnerable even to trivial trauma. A diabetic person can step on a tack with bare feet and feel nothing at all. Tight shoes feel comfortable while scalding water may feel merely warm. Because of this loss of sensation, people with diabetic neuropathy can hurt their feet easily, without realising it. Doctors and patients give so much importance to long-term complications involving the eyes, kidneys, and heart that the foot problem of the diabetic is completely ignored.