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Let’s face it, diabetic foot ulcers are a major problem in today’s society.

Would Temperature Monitoring Have Avoided This?

Lack of sensation the feet cause pressure sores to occur. Whether normal person without diabetes would notice and adjust, a person with diabetes would fail to notice. Diabetics have literally walked on a nail or coin to the point of ulceration.

A study recently conducted by Diabetes Care in 2007 showed that patients with a greater than 4° difference in temperature on the bottom of their feet (right versus left), showed a higher propensity toward developing ulcers. As a matter of fact, patients and a group that monitored their foot temperature were four times less likely to develop an ulceration. What these patients did was monitor six different sites on the foot as compared to the other foot.

These patients actually did better than those who simply inspected their foot with a mirror.

The special thermometer is an infrared thermometer. Along with frequent blood checks to rmonitor your glucose, this thermometer should be considered essential in your bag of tricks to combat the effects of this dread disease.