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2 stories for“peripheral neuropathy”

Diabetic Nerve Damage Can Mean Burning Pain or Feeling Nothing at All. It Is the Same Condition

One patient cannot bear a bedsheet touching their feet. Another cannot feel a nail through their shoe. Both have diabetic neuropathy, and the second is in more danger than the first.

Jul 28, 2026

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Five-Year Survival After a Diabetic Foot Ulcer Is Worse Than for Several Common Cancers

Between 19 and 34 per cent of people with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer. Once one has happened, five-year mortality runs at 50 to 70 per cent. Almost nobody is told this, and the prevention costs the price of looking.

Jul 22, 2026