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- Foot Care for Diabetics
Richard K. Bernstein, MD, discusses 19 proven ways to take care of your feet and avoid diabetes-related complications
- Broncos QB Steps into the Pocket with Type 1
Scott Brown writes about Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler's life since his recent type 1 diagnosis
- Diabetes and Eating Disorder Come Together as Diabulimia
Justine Lorelle Blanchard looks at a chilling development among type 1 teens: skipping insulin shots and purging food as a way to achieve rapid weight loss
- Teens on Insulin Pumps: Are They Safe?
Beth Morrow follows up on an article we published in May about teens' problems — occasionally fatal — with insulin pumps
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Diabetes Foot Care
Updated 3 weeks ago
Foot Care for Diabetics
The incidence of limb-threatening ulcerations in diabetics is very high, affecting approximately one in six to seven patients. Non-healing "diabetic" ulcers are the major cause of leg, foot, and toe amputations in this country, after traumatic injuries such as motor vehicle accidents. These ulcerations do not occur spontaneously; they are always preceded by gradual or sudden injury to the skin by some external factor. Preventing such injuries can prevent their sad consequences.
0 comments - Aug 4, 2008 -
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Used to Treat Diabetic Ulcers at New Massachusetts Center
The newly opened Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine in Stoughton, Mass., is now offering comprehensive wound management care, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), which has been used successfully to treat diabetic ulcers.
1 comment - Jul 31, 2008 -
Press Release - Strongest OTC Solution for Diabetic Neuropathy Now Available in Zostrix® Neuropathy Cream
A new product can be used alone or as a highly effective adjunctive therapy to complement systemic pain therapeutics to help relieve diabetic neuropathy pain.
3 comments - Jun 26, 2008 -
At Long Last It's Possible to Have the Sole of a European!
”Intense Hydrating Cream” from Pedi-Relax®, a cream made in France and used by people with diabetes in Europe to treat their soles, is now available in the United States at www.cvs.com for $7.99. The line is specifically formulated for extremely dry and damaged feet and is endorsed by the Federation of International Podiatrists.
1 comment - Jun 12, 2008 -
Texas Podiatrist Draws Big Funding in His Efforts To Help People Understand the Diabetic Foot
Lawrence Lavery, DPM, podiatrist at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas, clearly understands the diabetic foot.
3 comments - Mar 19, 2008 -
Five weeks ago I hurt my ankle. Really hurt it. I either tore a tendon, or a ligament or had a severe stress fracture. Although I’ve been to my podiatrist twice now, the diagnosis is still unclear. The X-ray showed no break, and while the doc didn’t feel I needed an MRI, I figured that if my insurance paid for it, I did. I want to know we’re doing everything possible to get this fixed as quickly as possible (which already seems impossible after five weeks), because not walking is having several unpleasant effects on me:
2 comments - Mar 19, 2008 -
Steps You Can Take to Prevent Foot Amputation
A Diabetes Health advisory board member offers advice on how to treat your feet well and avoid wounds and infections that could lead to amputation.
1 comment - Mar 6, 2008 -
In its first edition, the new bimonthly journal Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS) offers a three-step treatment plan for patients with diabetic foot infections. Diabetic patients suffering from severe infections face a 25 percent risk of amputation.
0 comments - Feb 20, 2008 -
Pain in Your Feet? Try These Proven Techniques for Soothing Them
One of the more common and early complications of diabetes is nerve pain or peripheral neuropathy. Symptoms are tingling, pain or numbness in the legs and feet, sometimes in arms and hands.
10 comments - Jan 31, 2008 -
Like Cinderella's Sisters, Many People With Diabetes Squeeze Big Feet Into Small Shoes
A recent Scottish study of a hundred people with diabetes found that about 63 percent of them were wearing the wrong shoe size. Because feet become wider and longer when they are being stood upon, all the patients had their feet examined while they were both sitting and standing.
7 comments - Jan 1, 2008 -