Description of the health issue
In an international consensus meeting, it was agreed that diabetic neuropathy is the presence of signs and symptoms of peripheral nerve dysfunction among people diagnosed with diabetes after all other causes have been excluded. Over one thousand people in Australia died due to lower limb ulceration in 2005 (Perrin et al, 2012). This is equivalent to 8% of the total deaths due to diabetes. Every year, over 10,000 people are admitted in Australian hospitals with foot ulcers related to diabetes. Cross-sectional studies have shown that 10% of the people diagnosed with diabetes exhibit signs of peripheral neuropathy in ...
