General Health

• Control your blood glucose levels.
• If you smoke, quit.
• Exercise daily as directed by your health-care professional.

Caring for Your Feet

• Look for signs of redness or blisters on your feet. This shows your shoes may not be fitting properly.
• Wash your feet, then dry them well and moisturize. Dry especially well between your toes, and do not put cream there.
• Do not soak your feet.
• Care for calluses and trim toenails regularly.  If you are unable to reach your toes or do not have feeling in your feet, have a health-care professional look after your toenails for you.  Avoid using over-the-counter treatments unless directed to by a health-care professional.

Learn more by selecting the “Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You” brochure in your choice of language: English, French,  Urdu,  Vietnamese,  Tagalog,  Tamil,  Spanish,  Ojibway,  Punjabi, Hindi, Japanese, Gujarati, Farsi,  Chinese (Trad), Chinese (simp), Cree, Arabic.

Footwear

• Shake out your shoes before you put them on.
• Wear shoes at all times, indoors and out.
• Buy shoes with closed toes as they protect your feet from injury.
• Change your socks every day.
• Buy shoes late in the day as feet tend to swell.
• Have your shoes professionally fitted by a footwear specialist.

Learn more by selecting the “Finding the Proper Shoe Fit” brochure in your choice of language: English, French, Urdu, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tamil, Japanese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi, Chinese(PRC), Chinese(HK), Arabic