What a diabetic foot feels like and when should monitoring start

But what does a diabetic foot maybe feel like from the patient's perspective and when should a diabetic foot patient seek podiatric help? In diabetes we all know that in the early stages patients start to suffer with a tingling sensation that could be early glycosylation of the small fibers within the foot and that will alert the patient to some changes that are occurring within their feet. They should seek advice immediately after they've been diagnosed from the community specialist diabetes team so that they could have a foot check. These foot checks don't take very long. In the majority of cases they can have a foot check in 10 minutes and that will give them a good idea as to their sensation, the quality of their skin, any deformities that they might have and any callosities or corns that they have on their feet can be dealt with in a very professional way. So I would say early early assessment, examination, immediately they're known to be diabetic.