Importance of foot care, In your role as diabetes educator,

Importance of foot care

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Assignment:

What complications of diabetes would cause her inability to feel light touch and foot ulcers that fail to heal properly? In your role as diabetes educator, you teach Y.T. the importance of foot care, demonstrating her inability to feel the light touch of the monofilament. You also explain that she will need to be more vigilant in checking her feet for any skin lesions caused by poorly fitting footwear. You tell her that diabetics can develop foot ulcers that heal poorly. What complications of diabetes would cause her inability to feel light touch and foot ulcers that fail to heal properly? High blood glucose levels coincides with low blood oxygen saturation, which can damage neurons and skin. Peripheral neuropathy can cause loss of sensation in the extremities. Low blood glucose levels associated with diabetes can cause death of neurons in the feet. Poor circulation can cause foot ulcers to form that do not heal.

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