How often should I have Foot Checks done if I have Diabetes?

So, as someone with diabetes, as I mentioned before, you should always attend your annual review appointments. Those are there for us to pick up complications early. One of those things we will look at, one of the complications, is to make sure you don't have nerve damage and and I've mentioned in another snippet how we do that when we examine the feet. So your feet will be examined and if your healthcare provider thinks that you've got nerve damage, and you should tell them if you have any numbness or if you've had hard skin that's built up that you might've attended to, because those are things that are important for them to know because they may not pick up anything with the instruments that they use to look for nerve damage. They're not a hundred percent sensitive as it were. They won't, you know, they will miss some things, some people with nerve damage. And so telling them of any symptoms that you've been having, including pain is very important. Now, if you are thought to have nerve damage, then you should be referred to a community podiatrist. they're the best people to deal with things such as overgrown toenails especially if they're very hard because diabetic patients can get fungal nail infections and those are best treated by them otherwise you can what often happens is patients cut their nails too tight and then as in too close take too much off and then when the nail regrows you can get ingrown toenails which can cause infection and what we're always trying to avoid is infection of the foot.