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Daily diabetic foot inspection checklist with zone notes, red-flag alerts and a risk-based professional review date.
The Diabetic Foot Check Reminder turns the daily foot inspection people with diabetes are advised to do into a scored twelve-point checklist, separating findings that need attention the same day from those that can wait for an appointment. It also applies the NICE NG19 foot risk stratification — low, moderate or high risk — to your recorded risk factors and returns the matching professional review interval and next due date. Free-text zone notes let you record exactly where on each foot you saw something.
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Uses the NICE NG19 low / moderate / high categories rather than an invented scoring system.
Ulcers, spreading redness, dark tissue and a hot swollen foot are flagged for same-day contact.
Returns the next professional review date from your risk band, plus tomorrow's self-check date.
Every day. Diabetes UK, the ADA and NICE all advise a daily visual and touch inspection of both feet, including between the toes and the soles, because reduced sensation means an injury can go unnoticed until it ulcerates. A mirror or a phone camera helps you see the underside of the heel.
NICE NG19 defines an active diabetic foot problem as ulceration, spreading infection, critical limb ischaemia, gangrene or suspected acute Charcot arthropathy, and says it should be referred to a multidisciplinary foot care service within one working day. In practice that means any break in the skin, pus, spreading redness, black or blue skin, or one foot suddenly hot and swollen.
It depends on your risk category: low risk is reviewed annually, moderate risk every three to six months, and high risk every one to two months. Moderate risk means one of deformity, neuropathy or non-critical limb ischaemia; high risk means a previous ulcer or amputation, renal replacement therapy, or two of those risk factors together.
No — do not cut, file aggressively or use over-the-counter corn plasters on a diabetic foot, because the acid in many corn treatments can burn skin you cannot feel. Book a podiatrist, and in the meantime check your footwear for the pressure point that caused it. This tool is informational and does not replace clinical advice.