What does a feeling of numbness mostly at the front below the knees mean in diab!
Question:
What does a feeling of numbness mostly at the front below the knees mean in diabetes?
Answers:
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the causes of Peripheral neuropathy.
Please check your cholesterol in the blood and reduce fat and oils in the diet.
Fasting lipid profile (Cholesterol) Get your LDL (bad cholesterol) levels checked at least once a year. (Target: For diabetic patients-below 70 mg/dL. Others below 100 mg/dL). Triglycerides. (Target: Less than 150 mg/dL) Serum Cholesterol (Target: Less than 200 mg/dL) HDL (good cholesterol) (Target: More than 40 mg/dL)
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
Consult a Neurologist.
Please see the web pages for more details on Peripheral neuropathy.