Diabetic Foot Care - Dos & Don'ts | @LevelUpRN

In this episode of Ask A Nurse - Diabetic Foot Care - Dos & Don'ts, Registered Nurse Cathy Parkes BSN, RN, CWCN, PHN discusses how diabetes can cause peripheral neuropathy and lead to a number of complications, including pain, wounds, infection, and amputations. She explains how peripheral neuropathy can damage the sensory nerves, motor nerves, and autonomic nerves in the feet and legs. Cathy then provides a top 10 list of things you can do to care for your feet and protect them from the complications associated with diabetes.

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00:00 What to expect from Ask A Nurse
00:15 How does diabetes affect my feet?
3:10 How do I care for my feet if I have Diabetes?

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[WendelYacap]

Thank you for the information, , it was so helpful that as a caregiver, those information i can apply to any in need,

[heidibond]

I am working as a foot care nurse and I am learning so much! I am trying to find ways to explain things to my clients, this was so helpful! Thank you!

[josephstanley]

I'll try to keep your health advice. Thank you.

[xiomaralabrador]

Thank you for the video.My feet started getting spot discoloration.

[davidmcdonald]

Great video and point blank good advice!! Thank you!

[ajitkaurahluwalia]

Your video helped me a lot.Thanks for your video.God bless.

[binslick]

Type 2 diabetes is no big deal as long as you watch what you eat and exercise. keto diet is the best. It is manageable.

[kipkuruihillary]

I just graduated from Nursing School in Kenya now preparing for Licensure Examination.

Your videos Cathy BScN, RN means alot and always comes in handy.

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[angelagrima]

Hi, thanks for the informative video, just 1 question how to avoid toenail fungus ?
When youve got white toenail what should you do to prevent infection please?
Thank you

[Kadaitchi]

I am diabetic and have used foot peels before, I don't know why people assume that everyone who is diabetic has diabetic feet, open wounds, sores or Neuropathy it simply isn't the case!

[GilleCT]

Great information. I occario ally have trigger fingers and toes. Some say it is due to Diabetis there's to arghritis and recommend a shit in the joint I am confused. Thanks

[teresamcnulty]

Actually with charcot foot I've been told to find ways to offload my weight from an ulcer prone area formed by the fact that now instead of an arch I have a lump of bone where the arch was. So not always even weight distribution. And the professional shoe and insert people are just not good enough. I would think with so much passage of time in the industrial era and with study of diabetes all these years there would be better products available, and not cookie cutter one-solution-fits-all type of inserts.

[LG-owvo]

In regards to socks, are we talking about cotton ?

[helainegardner]

Why do diabetics get their toes cut off.

[helainegardner]

Why do people get their feet cut when they have diabetes.

Why do people get their toes cut off when they have diabetes.