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Diabetic And Prediabetic Footcare Part 4 of 4 – Proper Footwear

Welcome back.  So i can assumed that by now you will be able to Recognise an “At-Risk” foot, know the 6 Tips on Good Diabetic and Prediabetic Footcare Practices and also 12 Harmful Practices for Footcare
Now we can move on to the final part of the series - Proper Footwear for Diabetics and Prediabetics.  Here’s 7 Things [...]

Diabetic And Prediabetic Footcare Part 3 of 4 – Harmful Practices

In my previous post, i mentioned about 6 Tips on good diabetic or prediabetic footcare practices.
In this post, i shall share 12 really harmful practices which you should avoid if you are a diabetic or prediabetic.  Remember : Prevention is better than cure - ALWAYS.
The 12 Harmful Diabetic and Prediabetic Footcare Practices are:

Diabetic And Prediabetic Footcare Part 2 of 4 – Good Footcare Practices

Welcome back for Part 2 of Diabetic and Prediabetic Footcare.  If you miss part 1, here it is - Recognising An At-Risk Foot.
In this post, i shall be sharing some tips on some good footcare practices for diabetics and prediabetics alike.

Diabetic And Prediabetic Footcare Part 1 of 4 – Recognising an “At-Risk Foot”

One of the major consequences of being a diabetic is limb amputations. In Singapore alone, there are 2 to 3 limb amputations daily because of diabetic foot complications.
Even if you are just a prediabetic, it still pays for you to take good care of your foot and be able to recognise what is an [...]

Why Preventing Prediabetes is Important

Quit smoking is one of the ways to prevent prediabetes too
photo by mzacha
Can you believe it?  There are 54 million prediabetics in USA alone.  The numbers are staggering and is on the rising trend.  Worse still are that most of them don’t even know it.

My Preferred Test for Prediabetes - HbA1c

In diagnosing whether a person has prediabetes or diabetes, a doctor normally relies on the results of some specific glucose tests.
Though the traditionally preferred ways are Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) test and Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), i think that the haemoglobin A1C or HbA1c test is a better test for prediabetes. Why do i [...]

When IGNORANCE is not a Bliss

According to a Singapore Health Survey conducted in 2004, Diabetes affects about 1 out of 12 people in the population and out the figure on Prediabetes as close to 1 out of 8.  And the bad news are, more than half of the diabetics and prediabetics in Singapore do not know they have diabetes which is commonly known as [...]