Blog posts tagged with 'diabetes'

Subluxation of metatarsals following partial amputation in cases of diabetic osteomyelitis

Diabetic wounds and the bone infections (osteomyelitis) that can often result from diabetic wounds are always challenging to treat.  In my years of practice, I’ve found no better teacher than experience in tr...

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 Diabeticorm

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.

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Walking, sunshine and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

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...