What Causes Skin Rashes When Suffering From Diabetes?

Posted on Thu, 29 May 2014

Question: My friend of age 76 is a type 2 diabetic, heart stints in, and last fall broke out with a rash in vary's spots on his body and then it began to cover his back and had large red scaly spots on this feet, hands, ankles, back and hair. he has been told it is eczema or psoriasis . he developed the flu and pneumonia in march and his blood work shows he has stage 2 kidney issues.now he is very weak and tired all the time and has lost his appetite. my question is what should his next step be? whom is a kidney specialist here in Bilings, Mt.? I am reading that this is a kidney issue. he is also anemic. please reply, thank you XXXX

Answered by Dr. Albana Sejdini (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Kindly upload photo of rash&lab reports...

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX

Thank you for taking care of your friend. I am sorry for the situation he is in.

Before running into final conclusions, I'd ask to have :
- photo of your friend's rash
- lab tests reports

It is normal for diabetics to develop skin and kidney problems. If kidney problems (failure I guess) are confirmed, then, blood tests are necessary to understand his current kidney condition and to take further measures.

Looking forward to have the requested data in!
Dr.Albana

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar