diabetes

Our feet take a pounding.  Literally.  The result of hitting the ground repeatedly, wearing shoes, and sweat is often dry, callused, and rough feet.  Unlike the rest of the skin, our feet do not have oil glands, and therefore, rely on sweat to stay moisturized. Athletes tend to have cracked skin due to the amount of strain they put on their feet and how much they sweat¹.

Maintaining healthy skin can be challenging for anyone, especially in the winter months, but even more so for caregivers and practitioners. Rashes, fungus, skin breakdown or the threat of skin tears are a constant battle and a true test of perseverence.   Skin Care is much easier with today's ultra-formulated medical creams and emollient-rich ointments - available to consumers and caregivers without a prescription. 

If you have a bedsore, diabetic ulcer or other dermal ulcer, or you are caring for someone who does, it is critical that you are receiving assistance or advice from a medical specialist.  Treating pressure sores (bedsores) and dermal ulcers can be challenging as these wounds heal slowly and must be attended to carefully.  Treatment plans includes everything from pressure reduction to wound cleaning/debridement, wound dressings, hydrotherapy, antibiotics, dietary supplements and muscle spasm relief.  Even with the best of care, sometimes surgery is required.

AllegroMedical.com has been selling diabetic supplies online for more than a decade - offering huge savings to thousands of customers every day.  In fact, many people find our prices for diabetic supplies much lower than their insurance deductibles or co-pays.  Do the math!  Maybe we can save you some money.

Rashy, itching, peeling, bumpy, burning, red, dry, scaly, scabby skin.  If you have any of these, you can bet there is a product to soothe or heal it.  Proper skin care can mean the difference between a good day and a very painful one.  Here are links to products that we hope will bring you blissfully fast healing relief from eczema, fungal infections, diaper dermatitis, sunburns and more:

Happy Heart Month!  What a blessing that just a few simple changes in your lifestyle can improve your chances of living a longer, healthier life.  The beauty is, anyone can make these changes, the steps are not expensive and even modest improvements will make a big difference.  

Allegro is well-known for its low, low prices on diabetes supplies and is a reliable source for hundreds of customers who want a no-hassle, automatic delivery of their test strips right to their doorstep.  We know how important your testing is, and also how expensive it can get.  That's why we keep our prices as low as possible.   

My parents used to tell great grandma to "stay out of the sugar!" whenever we left her house.  I wasn't sure why they said it, but everyone got a kick out of it.  Great-grandma, I came to find out had 'the sugar diabetes' (pronounced dia-BEE-tuzz by my family) so she wasn't allowed to eat a lot of sugar (horrors).  Anyhoo, years passed before I understood why.  It's pretty confusing so I thought I'd do you a quick little lesson, in layman's terms, on what diabetes is, and what the different types mean.

Diabetes is a very serious disease and any diabetes-like symptoms need immediate professional medical advice for diagnosis and treatment.  It is ultimately diagnosed by testing the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood after fasting overnight for at least 8 hours.  It is easily determined with a single draw of blood which is analyzed by a lab, or it can be done in your doctor's office using a glucose meter. 

From what I can tell by the repeat sales of our blood glucose testing supplies, people pretty much stick to the same meters and test strips, time after time.  Hey, whatever works, right?  So I won't bore you with a listing of those, (but you should still check out our low, low prices).   Instead, I'll turn you on to some super buys on products you might have missed in the 267 diabetic products at AllegroMedical.com.