Medical experts sound the alarm on growing diabetic amputations among Black patients
ABC News
More and more diabetics are losing their limbs according to health data. Medical experts say there are ways to prevent this, but there is not enough awareness.
In operating rooms across the country, more and more diabetics are receiving amputations due to complications from type-2 diabetes.
The life-altering procedures are more common among Black and Latino patients who are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease, according to health data.
Despite the grim figures, medical professionals said that diabetics can avoid losing a limb, but due to a lack of awareness of treatments, many minorities are missing out on this critical care.
"The reason I did not go to the doctor or anything, [is because] I didn't want to hear the doctor say 'We have to take your leg,'" Shelton Echols, a diabetic amputee, told ABC News.
