Nerve damage (neuropathy). Excess sugar can injure the walls of the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish your nerves, especially in your legs. This can cause tingling, numbness, burning or pain that usually begins at the tips of the toes or fingers and gr...
Take care of your teeth.Diabetes may leave you prone to more-serious gum infections. Brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day. And if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, schedule regular dental exams. Consult your dentist right away if your gums bleed or look red or swollen. I...
Severe neuropathy can weaken the bones in your foot. They could crack or break, making your foot red, sore, swollen, or warm to the touch. But because you can't feel it, you may keep walking on your foot and deform it. For example, the arch could collapse and bulge toward the groun...
Brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day. Schedule regular dental exams. Consult your dentist right away if your gums bleed or look red or swollen. stop using tobacco products. If you smoke or use other types of tobacco, ask your doctor to help you quit. Smoking increases your ...
21.6 Diabetic Muscular Infarction It refers to spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscles, unrelated to athero-embolism 21.6.3.1 History • Tender and swollen leg. • Pain of an acute onset in the thigh and less commonly in the calf muscles over days. • Autonomic symptoms: mild ...
Transitioning from the concern of diabetic blisters, another common complication faced by individuals with diabetes includes skin infections. These unwelcome conditions can manifest as hot, swollen patches of skin that might feel tender or painful to the touch and often exhibit signs like an itchy ras...
(Medical Xpress)—For the 1.5 million Americans – most of them women – who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, swollen, painful knuckles and wrists are part of daily life. But a team of Cornell undergraduates has a solution: a line of anti-inflammatory j