{"id":4057,"date":"2025-05-08T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/diabetes-and-foot-health\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:28:31","slug":"diabetes-and-foot-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/diabetes-and-foot-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes and Foot Health: Why Seeing a Podiatrist Is Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diabetes is a chronic condition that, when poorly controlled, can lead to serious complications\u2014especially for the feet. <\/h2>\n\n<p>Over time, high blood sugar can cause:<br\/>&#8211; Peripheral arterial disease (poor circulation)<br\/>&#8211; Peripheral neuropathy (loss of sensation)<br\/>These two issues make feet more vulnerable to injuries, infections, and, in extreme cases, amputations. <\/p>\n\n<p>Common podiatric complications in people with diabetes:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Loss of sensation (neuropathy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diabetic ulcers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slow-healing wounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fungal or bacterial infections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foot deformities and pressure points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The podiatrist plays a key role in the prevention, evaluation and treatment of complications associated with diabetic foot.<\/h2>\n\n<p>Why consult:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regular screening (sensation, circulation, skin integrity)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safe care for nails and skin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preventing wounds (orthotics, proper shoes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patient education and personalized advice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our recommendation: Visit your podiatrist at least once a year, or more often if you have any past foot problems.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes is a chronic condition that, when poorly controlled, can lead to serious complications\u2014especially for the feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3454,"featured_media":3875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5487,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions\/5487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podisante.ca\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}