{"id":4552,"date":"2023-07-13T04:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T04:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabetesguardians.com\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:09:51","slug":"do-not-walk-barefoot-if-you-have-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diabetesguardians.com\/?p=4552","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Walk Barefoot if You Have Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4552\" class=\"elementor elementor-4552\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b8eb44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b8eb44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad8a22e\" data-id=\"ad8a22e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6b804e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6b804e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Valdez, a 45-year-old construction worker and has a 15- year history of insulin-dependent diabetes. 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