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Diabetic Nail & Skin Care at BioPed Footcare

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Diabetic Nail & Skin Care at BioPed Footcare
Diabetes is a condition whereby the body does not make insulin or has trouble recognizing it. Insulin is crucial for storing food sugars. With diabetes, the sugars are not stored properly and remain at high levels in the blood stream.
Diabetic Nerve Pain – How to Treat

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Diabetic Nerve Pain – How to Treat
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects the body’s ability to turn food into energy.  After we eat, food is broken down into sugar and released into the bloodstream. 
Diagnosed with Diabetes? Footcare that goes beyond the basics

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Diagnosed with Diabetes? Footcare that goes beyond the basics
Diabetes can be tricky to navigate if you have just been diagnosed. Let’s review a few tips and tricks to keep those feet healthy, and happy well into your upcoming winter walks!
Diabetes and footcare

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Diabetes and footcare
Patients with diabetes frequently develop an intermittent or permanent loss of sensation (neuropathy) in their feet. Without the warning of discomfort or pain, pressures developed from poorly fitting footwear, particularly on the soles of the "diabetic foot" can result in an open ulcer
What does a Chiropodist do?

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What does a Chiropodist do?
Chiropodists are Medical Footcare Clinicians who can prescribe oral and topical medications and can perform soft tissue surgical procedures and injections into the feet. Let’s learn how a Chiropodist can help you today!
Diabetes and Your Feet – Foot Health Tips

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Diabetes and Your Feet – Foot Health Tips
According to Diabetes Canada (Feb 2020), diabetes affects the lives of almost 11 million Canadians. Diabetes is the inability for the body to make or properly use insulin, and it impairs the body’s ability to convert sugars, starches and other foods into energy.
Footcare for People with Diabetes

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Footcare for People with Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to use food properly which results in more sugar or glucose freely circulating in the blood. 
Find the Perfect Diabetic Socks!

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Find the Perfect Diabetic Socks!
Living with diabetes means paying attention to the details, especially when it comes to foot health! One of the small but important details is wearing the correct socks, specifically a diabetes-friendly sock. You might wonder why socks matter so much, but for clients with diabetes, the right sock can help them prevent complications such as blisters, or fungal infections and helps support overall foot health.
Foot Care Tips for People with Diabetes During the Winter Months

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Foot Care Tips for People with Diabetes During the Winter Months
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to use food properly, which results in more sugar or glucose freely circulating in the blood.   It’s possible to live a healthy life with diabetes.  To do so, it’s important to learn and follow proper diabetes management, which takes awareness, discipline, and commitment.