{"id":803,"date":"2017-12-11T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podiatrycanada.org\/?p=803"},"modified":"2017-12-11T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:06:22","slug":"wound-in-this-part-of-the-body-that-just-wont-heal-it-could-be-a-sign-of-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"Wound in THIS part of the body that just won\u2019t heal? It could be a sign of diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-804 size-medium\" style=\"padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podiatrycanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/diabetes-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/diabetes-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/diabetes-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/diabetes.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From the Express news article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DIABETES patients may suffer from numbness or a loss of sensation in the feet. This could make wounds slower to heal, and may lead to amputation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Diabetes patients could suffer foot problems<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Patients may have neuropathy &#8211; numbness in the foot<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Wounds harder to feel<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0May lead to infections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High blood sugar levels in diabetes patients could lead to neuropathy &#8211; numbness &#8211; due to nerve damage, and circulation problems in the hands and feet.<\/p>\n<p>This makes wounds harder to heal, and could stretch healing time.<\/p>\n<p>Wounds in the feet could lead to infections if they aren\u2019t healed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>If wounds turn into open sores, they can become irreparable, and could lead to having the appendage completely removed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at the link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/887957\/diabetes-type-2-symptoms-foot-blood-sugar-treatment\">https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/887957\/diabetes-type-2-symptoms-foot-blood-sugar-treatment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Express news article: DIABETES patients may suffer from numbness or a loss of sensation in the feet. This could make wounds slower to heal, and may lead to amputation. \u00a0Diabetes patients could suffer foot problems \u00a0Patients may have neuropathy &#8211; numbness in the foot \u00a0Wounds harder to feel \u00a0May lead to infections High blood sugar levels in diabetes &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[29,39,42,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}