Umair Shafiq Khanday
Diabetes is responsible for over 50 per cent of all foot amputations in the United States of America
Diabetes creates a crippling crisis for feet and in serious cases requires surgical intervention.
Diabetes is a disease that causes faulty or insufficient insulin production or low sensitivity to insulin. Insulin is an essential hormone that is responsible for helping cells absorb sugar from the blood to use for energy.
When this process does not work correctly, sugar remains circulating in the blood, causing health problems. Prolonged periods of high sugar levels in the blood can damage many areas of the body, including the feet.