Diabetic Foot Care

You can’t always prevent accidents and the injuries that result. They tend to be sudden, unexpected, and unpredictable—otherwise, they wouldn’t be accidents. They don’t have to be big or dramatic to cause damage to your lower limbs, either. Some of the smaller...

How Circulation Problems Affect Foot Pain As you get older, plenty of things in your body change. Your eyes weaken, your hearing dims, and you’re not as strong overall. You also begin to develop different aches and pains throughout your body. Some of those aches and...

As humans, we rely on our senses for a variety of functions, including the overall ability to experience the world around us. More than that, we use senses to keep us safe from danger. The smell of smoke, taste of spoiled meat, and sound of a rattlesnake all trigger...

Pain of any sort is irritating at the very least. When that discomfort occurs in your toes, the annoyance rating quickly climbs the scale to misery. Often labeled a tumor of the nerve, a neuroma is not cancerous, or even a true tumor. However, it is...

“Waiting on pins and needles” is a great description for waiting anxiously because it implies a sense of discomfort. Getting poked with pins and needles—or anything sharp—is painful and makes you want to get away from the source of the problem. When that sensation...

Ninja Arthritis No one enjoys sharp pains that come without warning, especially if they wake you up in the middle of the night. Like a Ninja fighter that operates swiftly and silently in the dark, gout can sneak up on you with pain and tenderness so intense that even...

In history, soldiers were often terrified of seeing field doctors after being wounded. Medicine wasn’t always as advanced as it is now; simple wounds could easily devastate the body. Lack of in-depth knowledge of the human body and poor medications meant many wounds...

Does your skin care routine read like a shampoo bottle—wash, rinse, repeat? Perhaps if you have an extra 5 minutes you might slather on some moisturizer too. Unfortunately, though, good skin care consists of a whole lot more—especially if you have diabetes. Learn...

Sugar Damage Affects Feet Your ability to feel pain is actually an advantage. No one enjoys pain, but it is very helpful for your body. It signals that something is wrong—you’ve stepped on a sharp nail, or touched a hot surface, or hurt yourself in some other way....

Exercise: it’s an important part of being healthy, particularly as the American culture becomes increasingly sedentary. Your body needs to move and be active. This is even more important if you have diabetes. This is a disease that affects your circulation, organs,...