Diabetes and going barefoot (blood, feet, vessel)

[BarefootDiabetic]

I still have all the feeling in my feet so it makes no sense to have my feet stuck in shoes all the time. If I step on a lego I will feel it and step off.

And there is this,

"What bacteria causes diabetic foot ulcers?Some of the aerobic bacteria associated with diabetic foot infection include Staphylococcus aureus, S. saprophyticus, S. epididermis, Streptococcus pyogenes, S. mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Proteus species, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae."


https://biomeddermatol.biomedcentral...702-019-0039-x

"What kind of bacteria live inside your shoes?

Typically the bacteria in your shoes are the same that can be found on your body causing all kinds of smells. Examples of bacteria strains that live on the skin and create the typical cheesy smell are:

• Brevibacterium epidermis
• Staphylococcus spp
• Bacillus subtilis natto"

Unlike the moist, dark, hot, anaerobic environment inside a shoe (a perfect breeding ground for bacteria), bare feet are exposed to ultraviolet light, oxygen and moving air, so they stay clean and dry.

Seems to me that shoes are the primary source of diabetes foot infections, not protection from.

Shoes also impair circulation and compress blood vessels and nerves in your foot.

How does walking barefoot help your nervous system?

Nerve ending stimulation, like any other part of the nervous system, these nerve endings benefit from stimulation. Walking barefoot allows the feet to transmit new messages to the brain.


Seems to me its "use it or lose it" I should exercise the nerves by going barefoot and being able to feel the ground. I didn't come up with all this after my diabetes diagnosis, I hated wearing shoes before that and only put on shoes when I absolutely had to.

I really think its time to rethink this idea that ALL diabetic people *must* wear shoes ALL the time.

[mojo101]

For years,I walk around the house with only socks,no shoes,then my heels hurt .
I think shoes protect your feet in a way.
Now I wear sandals in summer and socks +sandals in winter,

[Jimrob1]

I live in Florida and go barefoot in the house during the hot part of the year. It's so hot down here that I can't stand the feeling of socks in the house, and I never wear shoes in a house. In the cooler months like now I do wear socks in the house. I've had Diabetes for 4 1/2 decades now and I'm well controlled. I don't have any of the problems with circulation that can come with Diabetes. I'm checked all the time so I'm comfortable going barefoot in the house. I wouldn't be walking around outside going barefoot though. Diabetics need to do what they feel is best for them.

I see nothing wrong with a Diabetic that has good circulation, and feeling in their feet to go barefoot in the home. If that's not the case and feeling in the feet is a problem, then that Diabetic would be better off not going barefoot.

[BarefootDiabetic]

Its just so completely ridiculous that stupid advice that if your diabetic NEVER take your shoes off. Not even in the house.


Was absolutely awful self educating myself online after my diagnosis.


This can be a topic and will be, but why do writers of diabetes articles ALWAYS have to make the first paragraph about complications?


Diabetes is a chronic disease and you might go blind and have your feet cut off....




Um, I was looking up the best foods with a low glycemic index, do I really need to be reminded of blindness and amputations RIGHT NOW?


I am going to make a topic about that.


But when I was first diagnosed did I really need the extra bummer of stupid parroted misinformation that I can never take my shoes off again even in the house?


They should make a law that only people with diabetes can write articles on diabetes.