By
MikeH on
April 29, 2013
April is National Foot Health Awareness Month — yep, the feet have a month, too! — so we’re returning to our 411 on Complications series with a foot-featured post for y’all. But not a typical “neuropathy is bad” post with toe-curling scary scientific talk. No, we’ve done something along those lines about diabetic neuropathy before.
This time, we wanted to explore the emotional side of living with diabetic foot problems, and why so few PWDs…
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This is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and all across the country people are sharing various ways to “Save the ta-tas!”
Well, that mantra doesn’t just apply to cancer. There’s something else the ta-tas need saving from: diabetes.
Diabetic mastopathy is one of the more uncommon effects of diabetes, and it’s rarely included in warning lists of potential diabetes complications. But it’s real and it happens, so we’re going to talk about it and give…
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Here’s a quick biology quiz: what is the largest organ in your body?
Time’s up!
It’s… your skin! Did you get it right? Despite the fact that your skin is on the outside, it is your largest organ and as we’ve discussed in previous editions in our 411 on Diabetes Complications series, diabetes can affect every organ in (or on!) your body. This goes for your skin too! With the summer heat barreling down, more…
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When I started writing our 411 series on diabetes complications, I expected that it would take me roughly a year to cover them all. Off the top of my head, I knew the Big Four: blindness, kidney failure, neuropathy, and heart disease. I knew there were some “lesser known” — or at least, lesser recognized — complications like depression and erectile dysfunction. But we’re now 18 months into the 411 series, and there are still more. Oy!…
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