Neuropathy

Numb extremities - inability to walk

Crutches and wheelchair and artificial limbs and rascal scooter

If you have numbness in your feet and toes, you may have diabetic neuropathy. You may notice that cuts and sores on your feet don't hurt as much as you would expect them to. The following are also symptoms of diabetic neuropathy:

• Pain or burning feeling in your legs
• Feeling of lightheadedness that causes you to fall
• Diarrhea and constipation
• Failure to get an erection (in men)

Nerve damage occurs in people who have had diabetes because their blood sugar level is higher than normal. Over time, high blood sugar levels damage the blood vessels and nerves.

That's why people who don't control (or can't control) their blood sugar very well seem more likely to get diabetic neuropathy. Men have diabetic neuropathy more often than women.