Nerve damage can affect any area of your body, but the feet and legs are most commonly affected. You may lose feeling in your feet as a result of nerve injury.

Nerve damage affects around half of all patients with diabetes.

These factors increase the risk to nerve damage:

TIPS FOR HEALTHY FEET

Early treatment greatly reduces your risk of amputation

Be sure to ask your doctor what else you can do to keep your feet healthy

1. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/healthy-feet.html. Accessed on November 10, 2021.