Diabetic Patient : At risk for leg amputation?

I don’t know why there are these myths about diabetes that if you are a diabetic type of person, then you better take some necessary precautions in eating sweet foods coz it will surely bring dangers to you. Ive known a person who underwent a leg amputation operation to save the remaining foot for further damages. Now he is living with a crutch but i believe it was a better option than having no feet at all. Our family has the history for diabetic prone illnesses, does this mean that we are also at risk in leg amputation?

In: General Health