The short answer is way too common. About half of the people who have diabetes for 10 years will have some degree of nerve damage. The older you are and the longer you have had diabetes, the more likely have you are to have nerve damage—but not everybody gets it. Recent studies show that people who maintain good blood sugar circulation.
It is estimated that 15-25% of people with diabetes will have a foot ulcer at least once. About 70% of these ulcers will heal with good basic foot care, up to 10% of people with diabetes will have an amputation at some time in their lives, toe and partial foot amputations are the most common, followed by below-the – knee amputations, amputation rates are greater with increasing age, in males compared with females, and among African Americans and Hispanic Americans, experts believe that at least half of these amputations could be prevented by good blood sugar control , better preventive foot care, and better care of foot ulcers.