Are there ways to prevent diabetic foot ulcers?

are there ways to prevent diabetic foot ulcers? Yes there are, there are a number of ways in which they can be prevented and of course prevention is always better than cure. People with nerve damage or artery disease or who've had a previous ulcer firstly should be seeing a podiatrist regularly, that's usually a podiatrist outside of a hospital, it's usually run by what we would call the foot protection team. Podiatrists often run in a centre close to somebody's home like in a GP surgery or some kind of health village rather than in a hospital. Seeing a podiatrist regularly can help to remove hard skin build-up which reduces the pressure on the foot. So that's important. And also taking some precautions around foot care. So for example people with nerve damage often don't feel minor damage to the feet. So looking at that feet every day, checking for damage to the feet, making sure that shoes that are being worn are well fitted and don't have any damage in them. So checking shoes regularly, being careful around any extremes of heat on their feet, because say a hot bath or a water bottle or radiator could cause damage to a foot without it necessarily being felt at the time so avoiding any source of heat close to the feet, things like that can be done to reduce the risk of ulceration. The other thing is a very common cause of ulceration is when a new pair of footwear is bought so getting if new shoes are bought making sure that they are measured correctly and fit correctly and inspecting people's feet very carefully after a new pair of shoes are worn because that's a big time when ulcers come because of problems with rubbing on a new pair of shoes.