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1. Foot Health Week
www.podiatryvic.com.au/FHW/FHW - [Cached]Published on: 1/1/2005 Last Visited: 1/21/2008
That's the warning from Diabetes Australia consulting podiatrist Jane Tennant during National Foot Health Week which begins on Monday.
"Diabetics should take extra care to check their feet regularly," Jane said.
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Jane Tennant urged people in the high risk Type II diabetes category to be on the lookout for the disease and ensuing foot problems.
"These people are particularly susceptible to diabetes and they may not even know they have it until they present to a podiatrist with pins and needles in their feet."
Jane urged diabetics to visit their podiatrists annually and to check their feet daily.
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Jane Tennant, consulting podiatrist, Diabetes Australia, phone (03) 9496 2017

