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sandiedo… !
Yes ! The most common type of nervous system injury in diabetes is to the nerves that innervate the muscles of the feet and transmit sensory information from the feet to the spinal cord. Feet affected ?rst because the nerves to the feet are longer. Usually the symptoms start at the toes and gradually go up the foot and leg to the knee (known as stocking distribution). Early on, the injury may present with occasional tingling or slight electrical shocks. As it progresses, the symptoms may get worse with more persistent tingling or burning sensation or feeling cold. With even further damage, the burning and uncomfortable sensation gets better, but then there may be more numbness. Early on, the numbness might be quite mild, but later on the numbness may be so profound that pain cannot be felt. It is this severe form of nerve injury that is of most concern, because a person with this condition may not be aware of the foot injury.
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