Abstract
Diabetes mellitus continues to be one of the mode widespread diseases around the world. More prevalently, type II, or non insulin dependent diabetes, is associated with a more sedentary lifestyle, lack of daily exercise, and chronic hyperglycemia related to poor diet. Of all the body systems and organs affected by diabetes, the foot is perhaps one the most brutally affected and relates the most devastating consequences. Diabetes Mellitus continues to be the number one cause of non traumatic lower limb amputations , which leads to mortality rates higher than several types of cancer. This article will review the epidemiological data and review the clinical warning signs of the high risk diabetic foot.
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