Acorn Footcare based in Hull, East Yorkshire

Diabetes
For patients suffering with diabetes mellitus good foot care is essential. Your Foot Health Professional is trained to assess the diabetic patient by considering 3 main areas : Vascular status, Sensory status and Risk factor.

Diabetes facts published by the International Diabetes Federation:

Diabetes is a chronic disease marked by elevated blood glucose levels. It affects 5-6% of the global population.
Type 2 diabetes prevalence is rising at alarming rates worldwide because of increased urbanisation, high prevalence of obesity, sedentary lifestyles and stress, among other factors.
Up to 80% of type 2 diabetes is preventable by adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity.
Diabetes is responsible for over one million amputations each year.
People with diabetes are 15 to 40 times more likely to require lower limb amputation compared to the general population.
Diabetes is the largest cause of kidney failure in developed countries and is responsible for huge dialysis costs.
Type 2 diabetes has become the most frequent condition in people with kidney failure in countries of the western world. The reported incidence varies between 30% and 40% in countries such as Germany and the USA.
10% to 20% of people with diabetes die of renal failure.
It is estimated that more than 2.5 million people worldwide are affected by diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss in adults of working age (20 to 65 years) in industrialized countries.
On average, people with type 2 diabetes will die 5-10 years before people without diabetes and most of this excess mortality is due to cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in diabetes, accounting for some 50% of all diabetes fatalities, and much disability.
People with type 2 diabetes are over twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as people who do not have diabetes. Indeed, people with type 2 diabetes are as likely to suffer a heart attack as people without diabetes who have already had a heart attack.