Blog posts tagged with 'diabetes'

Part 3 - Treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Objective -

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is the most common complication of both type 1 (T2DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes.  Diabetes causes a number of different neuropathic complications to include sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic...

Part 2 - Examination guidelines for physicians and midlevel providers

Objectives

In part 1 of this three-part blog on the treatment of patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) we discussed the economic impact of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the pathophysiology of DPN and staging of DP...

I still see both Janet and Sharon as patients. The two have had dramatically different outcomes, one pulling out of the tailspin and the other crashing.

We're talking about our two patients, Janet and Sharon who are at a turning point in their lives. That turning point is called the tail spin. The tail spin is where they make poor health care choices that result in a loss of their vitality and health. Let's take a look at the similarities and differences between their cases.

After being in practice for thirty years you start to pick up on trends in your practice. You start to realize subsets of patients who have similar problems or challenges and share similar outcomes. Any good doctor is going to try to help these patients do better, be more and live a long and product lives. One of the most challenging subsets of patients that I see are a group of folks who come to me for foot pain, but the foot pain is just the tip of the iceberg.