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Managing Diabetes: Foot Care

A multi-disciplinary one stop diabetes foot clinic in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The LEAPP team will discuss your foot-related health concerns and provide you with a care plan to manage and treat your foot conditions.

If you have diabetes, you should seek early medical attention as soon as you notice a wound has developed on your foot.

Download brochure (1 MB, PDF)​​


Basic Diabetes Foot Care

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How Diabetes Affects the Foot

This is a guide to remind you and your loved ones on the importance of caring for their feet. It highlights the concerns of diabetes and the implications it can have on feet.

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General Foot Care

  1. Foot Hygiene and General Skin Care
  2. Simple Callus and Corn Care
  3. Dry Skin and Fissure
  4. Nail Care
  5. Basic Wound Care Management
  6. Fungal Ski​n and Nail Care
  7. Things to Avoid
  8. Footwear

Explore the goal-setting table along with embedded videos and animations for a more engaging experience.

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Wound Care for Foot

This guide goes in-depth on how to perform basic wound care featuring a helpful video guide. Learn about warning signs to watch out for and when to seek medical attention.

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Diabetes Foot Screening and Foot Risk Status

Discover what is diabetes foot screening and its components. Learn how to perform a daily visual check and signs to look out for.

This information will help you understand your diabetes foot risk status and provides 4 simple steps you can take to care for your feet.

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Footwear

Learn the importance of footwear and how to choose appropriate ones, along with helpful tips for wearing new shoes.

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How to spot a Foot Attack

What should you do when you encounter worsening of foot problems?

This guide elaborates on foot attacks and foot ulcers, available treatment options, and when to seek medical attention.

 

Various Foot Problems

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Care of Calluses and Corns

A guide to recognising and managing corns and calluses. It has a video on filing calluses and a reminder on when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Dry Skin

Discover strategies for preventing and managing these concerns and recognise when it is necessary to seek medical attention.

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Care of Fungal Nails

A guide to recognising and managing fungal nail infection. It has a video on filing calluses and a reminder on when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Fungal skin Infection of the Foot

Learn about the symptoms, ways to prevent and manage them, treatment options and when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Dystrophic Nails

Learn about the symptoms, ways to prevent and manage them, and when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Ingrown Toenails

Learn about the symptoms, ways to prevent and manage them, and when to seek medical attention.

The embedded videos on nail filing will give you a visual guide to carrying out the activity properly.

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Care of Toe Deformities

Learn what to avoid, how to prevent it getting worse, what are the management options and when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Bunions

Understanding their causes, learning how to manage them and know when to seek medical attention.

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Care of Foot Deformity

Learn about the symptoms, ways to prevent and manage them, and when to seek medical attention.

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Peripheral Artery Disease in People with Diabetes

Learn about the causes and symptoms, screening tests, management strategies, treatment options, and know when to seek medical attention.

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Diabetic Neuropathy

Learn about the causes and symptoms, screening tests, management strategies, treatment options, and know when to seek medical attention.

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Information correct as of 22/02/2024. ​Reproduced with permission from the NHG DM Steering Committee.



2024/05/15
2024/04/12
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