Diabetic patients due to vascular and neuropathy, very easy to cause dry, cracked foot skin, bacterial infection, serious skin ulcers and even toe necrosis, medically known as “diabetic foot”. Therefore, diabetics should pay attention to the protection of the feet. Check your feet carefully: Check your feet thoroughly once a day in a bright place, or ask your family to help you check, pay attention to the toe and the palm of the foot, whether there are cracks, scratches, blisters, redness, swelling, corns, calluses, etc. Do not use a knife, file or corrosive medicine to remove hard spots, corns and calluses, even if it is a small wound, you should seek medical attention early. Keep soft skin: You can use some emollient cream to keep the skin of your feet from drying out. Choose the right shoes: The size of shoes should fit the size of your feet, not squeeze your feet, check if the shoes are rough inside first when you wear them, and don’t wear shoes that you feel uncomfortable. If you have the conditions, you can wear special protective shoes for diabetes. Also, try not to walk barefoot indoors or outdoors. Pay attention to the warmth of your feet: use breathable and sweat-absorbing cotton socks, which should not be too tight to avoid affecting blood circulation, and socks should be changed every day. Foot washing: wash your feet with mild soap every day, with a water temperature of 40 degrees or less, you can soak them in a decoction of Chinese herbal blood-boosting and blood-cleansing drugs for 10 minutes to help restore the blood vessels and nerve function of the feet, and gently dry them with a soft towel after washing. Do not use the stove, heating to warm the feet: diabetic patients due to peripheral neuropathy of the feet, insensitive to changes in temperature, normal people feel the right temperature, diabetic patients may already belong to the injury-prone conditions, so you can not use hot water bags, heaters, oil lamps, heaters, etc. directly warm feet, otherwise they are easy to be burned. Early medical consultation and treatment: Once a foot ulcer occurs in a diabetic patient, it is important to go to a specialist hospital early to avoid further damage.