Diabetes affects all parts of the body, including the skin. That is why diabetes itching  feet is a common problem of the disease. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), as many as 33% of diabetics will have a skin disorder, either caused or affected by diabetes, sometime in their lives. Many of these problems can happen to anyone, it is just that people with diabetes get them much easier than others do.

Dry skin is the simplest and most easily treated reason for diabetes itching feet. This doesn’t mean that the issue of dry skin should be overlooked. It has been found that “approximately 70% of the surgical amputations done diabetes patients have developed infections through cracks or breaks in extremely dry skin.” This is according to Dermaltherapy.com in their article on diabetes and dry skin. This amputation problem is in part attributed to diabetics having a low immune …