One of the most common yet unforeseen complications that arise from diabetes is amputation. Join us for today’s episode as Dr. Kumar, a long-standing diabetic expert, shares his insights on diabetes, symptoms and side-effects leading to limb loss, and the preventive measures to avoid amputation in diabetics.Key points from today's episode are:1. People with a family history of diabetes are prone to develop it, but diabetes is a lifestyle disease: people who are overweight and don’t exercise are at a higher risk if they haven’t developed it yet.2. Many patients don’t show any symptoms of diabetes, but it’s life-threatening if left unchecked: high blood sugar can block blood vessels, which can lead to stroke, heart attack, or amputation.3. Diabetes is not only a blood sugar disease, it is also a vascular disease. With vessel blockage, the tissues stop receiving oxygen and eventually lose their function, which leads to amputation.4.Ulcers are the first step to amputation. Diabetic patients are always at the risk of unknowingly developing ulcers and must always be on alert about their feet to avoid amputation.This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.