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Footwear for Diabetics - Dr. Sanjay Sharma | Doctors'Circle

Footwear in Diabetics plays a very important role in protecting the foot as well as avoiding injuries. In a Diabetic patient foot needs to be covered so that it can avoid any external injuries. So for that footwear is absolutely necessary. If you are a Diabetic patient please avoid walking barefoot inside as well as outside the bathroom. Probably you might want to wear bathroom slippers inside the bathroom so that any injuries inside the bathroom is avoided. What kind of footwear is required? Any normal good footwear works but with the following qualities, the inner sides and the soles need to be soft without the seams. The toe box needs to be broader. You should be able to move all the toes with the shoes. If its is normal slippers we have to ensure it is very soft and does not cause injury in the places as shown in the video. You should always buy footwear in the evening because after all strenuous work the foot must have swollen by evenings that is why buying in evening is recommended.When you buy shoes there should be 1 finger gap in front of the greater toe so that toes can be flexible. Especially for people with Diabetes Neuropathy you should ensure that the shoe or footwear holds good that is you do not feel imbalance while walking. Typically Patients with Diabetes Neuropathy will have a ankle imbalance or foot imbalance so it is absolutely necessary to use footwear which holds on to the foot rather than that which flips off from foot. For off loading footwear when there is ulcer in foot as shown in video, there are various kind of footwear so that ulcer can be offloaded. A different kind of footwear as shown, part can be removed hollowed in so that ulcer does not touch the ground. For a normal foot, without ulcers or diabetic neuropathy or diabetic condition or vascular diseases the insoles in shoes are recommended as shown , the probable areas where there is pressure is scanned for and offloaded and so that pressure is distributed all along.These are the options available for persons with Diabetes with complications or without complications. Inserts into the footwear can also be given as shown. People who have undergone amputation foot wears as shown should be used so that the gait can be normal and not abnormal because of the amputation.