Diabetes and Your Feet

Diabetes can reduce the blood supply to your feet and cause a loss of feeling. If you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, these simple habits help you reduce the chance of infection and keep your feet at their best.

• Check your feet every day for swelling or any changes.
• Eat well and stay active.
• Make sure your footwear fits properly.
• Use a moisturising cream every day (avoid putting cream between your toes).
• Never walk barefoot.
• Keep corns and hard skin gently managed — ideally by a foot-care professional.

Regular foot-health checks help keep your feet comfortable and healthy. Emily (Foot Health Practitioner) and Debbie (Podiatrist) offer gentle, professional foot-care assessments and will always guide you to your GP or the NHS care pathway if specialist care is needed.