Prevention of the Diabetic Foot
Diabetic foot syndrome can be avoided by a number of preventive measures:
- Education of patients
- Good foot hygiene
- Daily checking of the affected foot
- Chiropody by trained professionals only
- Treatment of nail fungus
- Diabetic shoes !!!
Diabetics should consult a doctor regularly, i.e.:
- Without neuropathy: once a year
- In the case of neuropathy: once every six months
- In the case of neuropathy, PAOD and/or deformation of the foot: every three months
- After having had a foot ulcer: every one to three months
