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Foot care in diabetes
The ABCS of foot care in diabetes: assessing the risk factors
Abstract
Risk factors for diabetes-related foot problems can be summarised as the ABCS of foot care: Anaesthesia (peripheral neuropathy), Blood supply (peripheral vascular disease), foot Care and foot Structure. Here is an introduction to the assessment of these risk factors.
Key Points
- A – anaesthesia (i.e. peripheral neuropathy)
- B – blood supply (i.e. peripheral vascular disease)
- C – care (i.e. routine preventive foot care)
- S – structure (i.e. abnormal foot structure).
GPs are familiar with the ABCss of diabetes care – A1c (glycosylated haemoglobin; A), blood pressure (B), cholesterol (C), smoking (s) and salicylates (s) – which refer to the risk factors for diabetes complications in general. This article introduces the ABCS of foot care in people with diabetes – which refer to the risk factors for diabetes-related foot problems. The ABCS are:
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