Clogging of peripheral arteries, impaired wound healing and bacterial infections often lead to foot ailments in diabetes patients. According to a Belgian study, diabetes patients have a 15 times higher risk of needing a limb amputation than normal persons, yet 75 % of such amputations can be prevented.
而周邊小動脈阻塞、傷口和細菌感染，則常導致糖尿病患者的足部病變，根據比利時的研究，糖尿病患截肢的危險性是一般人的十五倍，而 75％的截肢是可預防的。