How to do a foot check for a person with Diabetes

A foot check is often part of the annual diabetes review here in the United Kingdom, and essentially this is done to assess risk of someone's foot developing an ulceration over the next year or so. And we assess for many things. You will be asked a few questions, for example, if you've had any cuts or blisters or any corns recently, or asked to confirm if you've had any previous foot ulcers, or if you have any pain in your feet. We then go on to check for sensation using a monofilament which is a small filament, a single filament, which appears to test whether you can feel very fine sensation or not. We also feel for your foot pulses and that is using the examiner's hands and also look at the foot to look for any evidence of pressure related skin changes in the sole of your foot and also for any obvious deformities which could in the near future drive the development of diabetic foot ulcers. Of course, a lot of the time, the diabetic foot check will also include questions about how one is managing the diabetes, because fundamentally getting that well-optimized is one of the modalities of preventing the development of nerve damage, circulatory problems, and ultimately foot ulceration. you