Diabetes Rash On Hands And Feet
Gently wash the area with a mild soap and warm water.
Diabetes rash on hands and feet. You may see a large blister a group of blisters or both. The blisters tend to form on the hands feet legs or forearms and look like the blisters that appear after a serious burn. Feeling numbness a common symptom of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is numbness. Change the bandage at least once a day.
It s rare but people with diabetes can see blisters suddenly appear on their skin. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to breakouts of these pimply waxy bumps on your feet hands arms legs and butt. People with diabetic neuropathy are susceptible to diabetic blisters on their toes feet and other parts of their body. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy usually first appears in the feet and legs and may occur in the hands and arms later.
Young males with type 1 diabetes are particularly likely to get them. Unlike the blisters that develop after a burn these blisters are not painful. Diabetic blisters bullosis diabeticorum. Cover the irritated skin with a hypoallergenic or cloth bandage or gauze pad secured in place with hypoallergenic or.
Check the area to make sure the irritation doesn t get worse.