Everyone with diabetes
Feet should be checked regularly, even when they feel fine.
Foot Care
Equipment, technologies and products for better diabetic foot care.
A leading cause of foot amputation in our country is the sensory loss diabetic patients experience in the feet.
The foot unit offers
- A comprehensive package providing total foot sensory and muscular assessment
- Analysis of blood flow in both feet, with machines to check the flow and a thorough workup
- Prevention of any form of foot ulcers by giving advice — a change of footwear, or a self post-bath analysis by a trained podiatrist
- Equipment, technologies and products for better diabetic foot care
In short
The Foot Care unit at Shantam Diabetes & Medical Centre, Paschim Vihar, offers total foot sensory and muscular assessment and analysis of blood flow in both feet, with advice from a trained podiatrist to prevent foot ulcers — because loss of sensation in the feet is a leading cause of foot amputation in people with diabetes.
Foot Care at a glance
- Checks
- Sensation, muscles and blood flow in both feet
- Advice
- Footwear and self post-bath foot check, from a trained podiatrist
- Aim
- Preventing foot ulcers
- Where
- Paschim Vihar, New Delhi 110087
Who it is for
Who should consider it?
Numbness or tingling
Burning, pins and needles or reduced feeling in the feet.
Cuts that heal slowly
Any wound, blister or crack that is slow to get better.
Long-standing diabetes
The risk to the feet rises the longer diabetes has been present.
Your visit
What happens at your visit
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Step 01
Sensory check
How well your feet feel touch and vibration is tested.
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Step 02
Muscle assessment
The strength and condition of the foot muscles are assessed.
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Step 03
Blood flow
Blood flow in both feet is analysed with machines, with a thorough workup.
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Step 04
Advice
Footwear and daily self-check advice to prevent ulcers.
Questions
Common questions
Straight answers about Foot Care at Shantam Diabetes.
Still have a question?
Talk to the clinic directly, we are happy to help.
Wed - Tues : 9.00 am - 8.00 pm, Sunday Closed
Diabetes can reduce sensation in the feet, so a small cut or blister may go unnoticed and turn into an ulcer. Sensory loss is a leading cause of foot amputation in people with diabetes, and regular checks help prevent it.
A comprehensive package with total foot sensory and muscular assessment, and analysis of blood flow in both feet using machines, with a thorough workup.
Check your feet every day, especially after a bath, for cuts, blisters, cracks or colour changes. Keep them clean and dry, especially between the toes, wear well-fitting footwear, avoid walking barefoot, and see the doctor about any wound that is not healing.
Comfortable, well-fitting shoes that do not rub or press. The clinic's podiatrist can advise whether a change of footwear would help you.
General information, not a substitute for a consultation with your doctor.
Still have a question?
Talk to the clinic directly, we are happy to help.
Wed - Tues : 9.00 am - 8.00 pm, Sunday Closed