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How often should I have foot checks with PAD and diabetes?
In this short video, Mr Shalhoub talks about how often foot checks should be done for people with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease.
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So patients who are considered to be at high risk are those that have had previous problems with their feet, for example patients who've lost toes or had foot surgery or had an ulcer before, a wound on their foot which has healed, patients with arterial disease or patients whose feeling is not very good in their feet with diabetic neuropathy, those patients should have more regular checks because of their high-risk status and these should be once every three months.
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