Diabetic Skin Issues and Tips on How to Help Manage Them

Up to 70% of people living with diabetes will experience diabetes skin issues at some point in their lives.1 Understanding common diabetic skin issues, treating diabetic skin conditions and how to recognize them, as well as finding ways to help prevent or manage them, is an important part of living well with diabetes.

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