​Diabetes Foot Care: How to Maintain Foot Hygiene
Diabetes Foot Care: How to Maintain Foot Hygiene

Diabetes ​puts you at risk of foot infections so it is important to check your feet daily and maintain good foot hygiene.

The Podiatry Department at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), a member of the SingHealth group, shares how people with diabetes can maintain proper foot hygiene.

How to maintain foot hygiene

Wash your feet daily with soap and water.Wash feet daily with soap and water
Wash well in between the toes and ensure that there are no foreign objects or dirt stuck inside.Wash well in between the toes
Dry your feet thereafter and ensure that spaces between the toes are dry. Dry your feet
You can use an alcohol swab to further dry them out.Use an alcohol swab to further
White skin in between your toes occurs when too much moisture is present.

Clean the area with iodine, and separate the toes with gauze until the white skin goes off.
Clean white skin in between toes with iodine

Ref: M19

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