Preventative maintenance is a brood term used to describe a variety of steps involved in maintaining the persons current level of health and to prevent some of the avoidable complications of diabetes.
Foot care is involved in the preventative arena. Diabetics must provide meticulous foot care for themselves. Feet must be inspected daily for wounds or injury. A person with diabetes may not be aware of a wound or injury to their foot d/t decreased sensation in their feet, a condition called diabetic neuropathy. Therefore, great care must be taken to inspect the feet everyday. …
