Can diabetic foot ulcers be dangerous?

can diabetic foot ulcers be dangerous? They can be dangerous in terms of increasing the risk of amputation. A diabetic foot ulcer substantially increases the risk of someone having a lower limb amputation, a leg amputation, and that is why seeing the multidisciplinary expert team early is important because it has been shown clearly that this is from the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit. It's been shown clearly that seeing someone in the multidisciplinary expert diabetic foot team soon reduces the risk of the ulcer being serious, reduces the risk of amputation, reduces the risk of admission to hospital and reduces the risk of artery procedures being required. So yes and also can be serious but the seriousness can be reduced by being seen by the expert team early and by treatment being started early.