Foot pad could help diabetics

[Northerner]

Diabetes patients could soon be able to check for nerve damage using a home device which works by detecting sweat.

The new stick-on pad changes colour from blue to pink when all is well, but does not change if there are problems with the nerves.

Diabetic neuropathy, or nerve damage, is a common complication of uncontrolled diabetes.

Typically, it affects the extremities – when it is known as peripheral diabetic neuropathy – and is estimated to affect up to 50 percent of all patients with diabetes.

It occurs when high blood sugar levels damage nerve fibres.

http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/foot-pad-could-help-diabetics-1.1699034#.U5BZJPldWAg

 

[trophywench]

Foot pads MUG people !! 😱

Now, if they eased bunions I might be interested .......

 

[pav]

I could be interested in seeing these pads, as suffer from the nerve damage in my feet. Would be helpful to see how far the spread is and to see if the damage gets worse or better, before any more permanent damage is done.