Diabetics typically suffer from neuropathies: damage to the nerves that causes pain, tingling, and eventual loss of function.

Diabetics typically suffer from neuropathies: damage to the nerves that causes pain, tingling, and eventual loss of function. Neuropathies in the lower limbs can be due to local damage to peripheral nerves in the feet and ankles, or to damage that occurs in the lumbar plexus.