Alert: Is your sugar often high? Don't have to get your foot amputated, diabetic foot problem can be life-threatening

Frequently high blood sugar is considered dangerous for health. Over time, it not only increases the risk of type-2 diabetes, but it is also problematic for the eyes, kidneys, heart, and digestive system. This is why health experts advise all people to keep trying to keep their sugar under control.

Doctors say that the normal level of blood sugar is between 70 and 100 milligrams per deciliter. If your sugar level remains 130 milligrams per deciliter or more after meals, then you need to be alert. The condition of diabetes can be very dangerous in some cases, some people may even have to get their feet amputated due to it.

This is why keep checking your sugar level at regular intervals and if it remains high, then consult a doctor in time and get treatment for it.

Disadvantages of high blood sugar

Due to diabetes, you must have heard about problems related to many other organs including loss of vision and, the effect on kidneys. But do you know that if your sugar level is often high, then it can cause a problem called a diabetic foot? This is dangerous in many cases, in serious situations, the feet may have to be amputated to save the life of the patient.

Doctors say the serious condition of diabetes starts damaging the blood vessels, due to which some people may be at risk of diabetic foot disease.

What is diabetic foot disease?

In a conversation with Amar Ujala, Dr. Aamir Qazi, an endocrinologist at a hospital in Pune, explains, the problem of diabetic neuropathy in which the nerves of the feet start getting damaged, due to which there is often pain, tingling, and numbness in the feet. If this is not taken care of in time, then the blood flow in the toes and other parts gets disrupted, due to which the cells start dying.

Seeing black spots on the feet is a sign of this, due to increased sugar, they start turning into ulcers. In this situation, it may even come to the point of cutting off the affected part. Its effect has been seen more in the feet.

What is the problem with diabetic foot?

The problem of diabetic foot ulcers is seen in about 20 percent of patients with diabetes. Due to reduced blood circulation in the feet, the cells there start dying, which can cause rotting and wounds. If the condition of rotting and wounds on the toes, soles, or upper surface of the feet do not improve, surgery has to be done on the affected part so that other parts can be saved. This type of problem is also considered life-threatening.

Some people start having discharge from their feet. This problem starts increasing rapidly and can also spread to the entire foot. Signs of the diabetic foot like black spots, blisters, abnormal swelling, burning, redness, blue marks, and strange smell in the feet should be taken seriously.

What do doctors say?

Health experts say that people who have diabetic neuropathy should take special care of their feet. Wash the feet with lukewarm water and soap and dry them thoroughly, especially between the toes. The skin of the feet should be properly moisturized. Do this two to three times a day. Apart from this, it is very important not to walk barefoot, wear shoes of the right size, and keep the feet away from any kind of injury. Keep getting your sugar checked from time to time.

(PC: Freepik)