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How to Keep Your Balance with Diabetes
There may be another thing that people with diabetes need to take care of: their balance. Diabetes can damage important nerves in the legs and feet, making it harder to walk. If those nerves get affected, the patient's balance can become impaired and they may fall. Falls are a leading cause of disability for the elderly. But even middle-age diabetes patients are at risk. To prevent fractured bones from a fall, the key is to go after the cause. Patients who have a poor balance as a result of their diabetic nerve injury might get better if they develop a period of better control of the diabetes.