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World Diabetes Day is held to raise awareness of how
diabetes can affect your everday life. We stress how diabetics should routinely visit our office because they tend to lose feeling in the feet and therefore may have stepped on something, developed an ulcer, have a wart and aren't aware of it. Also, diabetics need to be especially careful about clipping their toenails and removing any
calluses on their feet. Extreme complications can arise if this isn't done correctly.
Here is more information on what
diabetic foot care entails.
Also, younger diabetics should annually visit our both our Blacksburg and Roanoke offices as well! They need to make sure their feet are healthy and there aren't any complications that have happened in the past year which could have harmful side effects.
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