People with diabetes usually have skin complaints such as boils, carbuncles, abscesses, cysts etc. It often starts with dry skin, itching especially on the folds of skin like groin, armpits etc. However, if they are ignored for a long time in diabetics, this may also lead to harmful conditions like skin ulcerations, diabetic foot, necrobiosis lipoidica diabetocorum, eruptive xanthomatosis etc.
Generally, high blood glucose level favour the growth of bacterial and fungal infections. It also affects the sweat and sebaceous glands causing itching. There is neural and vascular skin damage in diabetic skin that makes the skin defense even weaker.
Follow simple skin care tips to prevent skin problems, if you have diabetes:
The fact is that skin complaints are the first sign of diabetes in many people with diabetes. If you have a skin problem that is recurrent and also has a poor healing, always consult your doctor or dermatologist.