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Re: Paula - question for you
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:39:35 -0400
I have THE WORST feet in the whole world!!! Dry skin, peeling skin, fungus-like
infected toenails and skin. Always thought it was just a "foot" problem. Maybe
there's more to it. ???????
Ginger wrote:
> make sure to keep all wounds clean and dry, and check your feet
> routinely for cuts or scrapes =)
>
> Paula,
> At the risk of sounding completely ignorant, why does diabetes/IR effect
> our feet? I have had a crack/cut on one of my feet for like 4 months
> now. It is not open and bleeding or anything, but is tender. I put
> Neosporin on it and it seems to help, but I am beginning to wonder if
> it's going to ever get better. It's taken me awhile to figure out that
> it may be related to my being IR. (yeah, yeah... kinda slow, huh? I
> kept thinking it was because of me running around barefoot all summer.)
> Thanks for any info!
>
> Take Care!
> Ginger
>
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