Subluxation of metatarsals following partial amputation in cases of diabetic osteomyelitis
Diabetic wounds and the bone infections (osteomyelitis) that can often result from a diabetic wounds are always challenging to treat. In my years of practice, I’ve found no better teacher than experience in ...
Wounds of the lower extremity have a host of different contributing causes, but in diabetic patients, the vast majority of
wounds occur as a result of loss of protective sensation. Protective sensation is the ability to feel pain. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy results in loss of sensation, inabil...
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a well known complication of diabetes affecting 50% of all diabetic patients. The symptoms of DPN are sensory but can also affect the motor skills of diabetic patients. We’ve always referred DPN as a peripheral neuropathy affecting the feet and hands. But a...
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum (NLD) is a granulomatous skin disease found in diabetic patients. The prevalence of
NLD is quite rare being found in less than 0.3% of all diabetics.(1) Fifty percent of all diabetic patients with NLD are insulin dependent.
Walking – how could something so simple be so effective? Robert Roy Britt in his Medium article entitled The Case for Walking – small steps yield big benefits, focuses on studies that prove that point. Britt describes the work of Brigham and W...
