If you have diabetes, Halloween can be a very challenging holiday. There’s candy in every grocery store and drug store. And you’ll likely bring quite a lot home, either to give to trick or treaters, or after your children’s own trick or treating on October 31.

Peripheral neuropathy is a type of nerve damage that starts with a slight tingling or burning in isolated regions of your feet but can turn into a complete loss of sensation in your entire foot.

Have you noticed any tingling, burning, or loss of sensation in your feet? If so, you might be experiencing peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy is caused by damaged peripheral nerves. In the case of peripheral neuropathy of the feet, the faulty nerves fail to properly communicate stimuli from the feet to the brain, resulting in a loss of sensations.

November is National Diabetes Month, and we are eager to share how podiatric care is essential for diabetics.