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Originally Posted by Bhelliom
Why not?
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Because of the lack of circulation that diabetics experience in their extremities combined with a diabetics slow healing. A lot of diabetics also lose sensation. A foot injury, for example can go from infected to necrotic without a diabetic being fully aware of it. There is no cure for gangrene. Amputation is all that can be done. Any diabetic should visit a podiatrist to have anything done to their feet.
I personally was on a course of anti-biotics and only narrowly avoided surgery because of a simple ingrown toenail. Simple on anyone else, anyway. It was one of the more unpleasant few weeks of my life. I impressed myself with my tolerance for pain, though.