Diabetes affects your nerve endings throughout your body. Diabetic feet pain occurs in tandem with diabetic neuropathy: because of the feet’s great distance from the higher nerve center in the brain, compromised nerves cannot send messages back and forth signaling pain, excessive force, or weakness. The biggest call that your feet may no longer be able to make is a call for help: diabetic foot pain simply cannot signal the brain when something is wrong.
Walking can become a very risky task. Uneven surfaces, nails, glass, tree roots, bed frames, just about anything on the floor can trigger a cascade of misfortune for the diabetic patient who is oblivious to their surroundings. Not only are the nerves in the foot compromised, but the overall blood circulation is also compromised for people with diabetes. Looking down all the time can cause dizziness or problems with vision, not to mention that it …