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January 2013
Good news for people with diabetes who worry about protecting themselves against the plantar pressure and risks of ulcerous foot injuries that come with diabetic neuropathy: A recent British study shows that ready-made insoles you can buy at the store perform almost as well as more expensive custom-made insoles at achieving those foot protection goals.
0 comments - Posted Jan 13, 2013
June 2012
Statesville, NC - June, 26, 2012 - A staggering 78% of U.S. adults age 21+ report they have had one or more problems with their feet at some time in their lives, according to The National Foot Health Assessment 2012, a survey conducted for the Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) by The NPD Group. The most common foot maladies, plaguing both men and women, were ankle sprains (reported by roughly one in three respondents), followed by blisters, calluses, foot fatigue, cracked skin and athlete's foot.
0 comments - Posted Jun 30, 2012
February 2012
A team of neurologists has issued a new set of recommendations for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy, including drugs and other treatments that have been found to be the most effective therapies for the condition.
0 comments - Posted Feb 25, 2012
April 2011
Taiwanese researchers say that a technology that uses sound waves to stimulate healing in diabetic foot ulcers is almost three times more effective than conventional hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The technology, called dermaPACE®, is manufactured by SANUWAVE Health Inc., a medical device company located in Alpharetta, Ga.
0 comments - Posted Apr 10, 2011
January 2011
Results are expected by the end of the month in an efficacy study on a new drug that promises to improve diabetic wound care. Derma Sciences is wrapping up work on a phase 2 trial of DSC127, a drug already shown to speed up healing in animal tests.
0 comments - Posted Jan 11, 2011
October 2010
It sounds like science fiction: a substitute for human skin, derived from human cells and used to treat difficult-to-treat diabetic foot ulcers. But it's a real product, called Dermagraft, manufactured and sold by a real company, Advanced BioHealing. The Connecticut-headquartered company is expanding its operations in Tennessee, part of an aggressive growth strategy to spread the word about its existing product and develop new ones.
0 comments - Posted Oct 26, 2010
November 2009
Princeton, NJ - November 10, 2009 -- Diabetic foot ulcers are the primary cause of hospital admissions for diabetics. Foot ulcers that heal improperly are at risk for infection, which can lead to amputation. According to the American Diabetes Association, one in four patients with diabetic foot ulcers will eventually require lower-limb amputation. Now science has found a way of mobilizing stem cells within the body to treat this health issue, which affects more than three million Americans annually.
0 comments - Posted Nov 11, 2009
July 2009
Have you ever come home from work or shopping after a long day on your feet, and all you wanted in life was to sit down and put them up? When you rested your feet on an ottoman, you immediately began to relax. The physiological reason you felt so much better was the slight widening of the peripheral capillary blood vessels in your feet-the natural response of relaxation. As the vessels opened up, more blood flowed to your feet, providing nutrients and oxygen. The foot pain and fatigue started to fade as the tissues were nourished. Ahhhh!
0 comments - Posted Jul 20, 2009
June 2009
Patients with type 2 diabetes reduced their risk of having a foot amputated by 36 percent when they took fenofibrate, a drug designed to lower blood fat levels.
0 comments - Posted Jun 12, 2009
April 2009
The Insight Foot Care Scale is a unique bathroom weight scale designed to help people with diabetes check their feet every day. As most people with diabetes know, daily foot observation is an important step in managing diabetes. Neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, can cause complete loss of sensation in the extremities, which makes it possible for minor cuts and sores to go unnoticed until they are problematic.
0 comments - Posted Apr 8, 2009
January 2009
Utah Jazz owner, Larry H. Miller had his legs amputated six inches below the knee last week. A spokesman for the successful pro basketball team told the Associated Press that the surgery was due to complications from type 2 diabetes. The spokesman noted that Miller was already using a wheelchair before the surgery. Miller is 64 years old.
0 comments - Posted Jan 26, 2009
December 2008
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.
0 comments - Posted Dec 25, 2008
The first time I presented medical research findings, I was not yet a physician. The year was about 1975. I was in my early forties and a mid-career engineer. The forum was a scientific symposium on diabetes. At the time, I felt that I had discovered the holy grail of diabetes care and was eager to share what I had learned.
0 comments - Posted Dec 8, 2008
August 2008
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 - Posted Aug 4, 2008
July 2008
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.
0 comments - Posted Jul 31, 2008
June 2008
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.
0 comments - Posted Jun 26, 2008
”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.
0 comments - Posted Jun 12, 2008
March 2008
Lawrence Lavery, DPM, podiatrist at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas, clearly understands the diabetic foot.
0 comments - Posted 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 or something. 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:
0 comments - Posted Mar 19, 2008
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.
0 comments - Posted Mar 7, 2008
February 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 - Posted Feb 20, 2008
January 2008
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.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2008
November 2007
Q: Dear Diabetes Health, My 82-year-old father is a type 2 diabetic. He is in extreme pain due to an ulcer on his toe and is at risk of amputation of his foot. Here in Canada, the doctors are quick to amputate.
0 comments - Posted Nov 24, 2007
October 2007
Josephine Kulman has had type 1 diabetes for 45 years, ever since she was five years old. For much of her life, her blood sugars were rarely in control.
0 comments - Posted Oct 11, 2007
September 2007
For people without diabetes, fancy skin cream is often a sheer indulgence. For people with diabetes, however, it's a far more serious matter.
0 comments - Posted Sep 19, 2007
August 2007
In a recent study out of Britain, 253 people with their first diabetic foot ulcer were assessed for depression. Sadly, a full third of them suffered from clinical depression; to be precise, 24.1 percent had major depressive disorder and 8.1 percent had minor depression.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2007
June 2007
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, June 19, 2007 - Birgitta I. Rice, MS, RPh, CHES, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, has developed a therapy that is proven to relieve leg pain and improve healing of chronic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes or peripheral arterial disease. The training protocol was published in the May/June issue of The Diabetes Educator.
0 comments - Posted Jun 22, 2007
In days of yore, along about the time when bloodletting was considered a legitimate cure, maggots were a popular tool in the surgeon's black bag. In the Civil War, doctors employed busy maggots to clean rotten tissue from wounds that might otherwise have led to amputation.
0 comments - Posted Jun 21, 2007
Every chronic disease brings with it fears and concerns, and people with diabetes face an especially daunting possibility: infections that never heal, potentially ending in the loss of a lower limb.
0 comments - Posted Jun 4, 2007
May 2007
A report released at a recent meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), called “The State of Diabetes Complications in America,” has revealed some pretty depressing facts about the consequences of diabetes today.
0 comments - Posted May 20, 2007
When it comes to your feet, it’s important to know where you stand. Foot problems are the most common reason for diabetes-related hospitalizations, and people with diabetes are up to fifteen times more likely to have a lower limb amputation than those without diabetes.
0 comments - Posted May 8, 2007
March 2007
Warwick, R.I. - EuroSocks North America, a top producer of sport-specific performance and compression socks, has introduced Euros Rx for Diabetics. Developed in collaboration with a team of physicians, the patent-pending dual-tone technology design comes in white and dark dress sock colors while preserving the patented white bottom to allow diabetics to easily monitor the condition of their feet.
0 comments - Posted Mar 14, 2007
February 2007
If one foot’s hot and the other’s not, you might be developing a foot ulcer. Research published in the January 2007 issue of Diabetes Care showed that an infrared temperature-monitoring tool can reveal developing diabetic foot ulcers.
0 comments - Posted Feb 22, 2007
January 2007
Hundreds of women affected by diabetes across the country are feeling great about themselves and learning to stay that way, thanks to an innovative diabetes outreach campaign presented by a world leader in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk. Called “Novo Nordisk Presents Divabetic—Makeover Your Diabetes,” the program combines personalized diabetes education with free salon and spa services in a crash course designed to help every woman’s “inner diva” take charge of her own and her family’s health.
0 comments - Posted Jan 25, 2007
September 2006
Masada Health and Beauty Corporation, in order to “reduce the toll that diabetes takes on the skin,” has developed DiabEase Mineral Therapy Solutions.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2006
December 2005
Xilas Medical, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, has announced that its TempTouch home infrared temperature probe is now available to consumers who have been diagnosed with diabetes and are susceptible to foot-related problems.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2005
May 2005
Nothing can destroy your motivation to exercise as much as an injury.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2005
January 2005
At-home self-monitoring by patients of daily foot temperatures may be an effective adjunctive tool to prevent foot complications in individuals at high risk for lower-extremity ulceration.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2005
December 2004
A Danish study shows that the atrophy of foot muscles is closely linked to diabetic neuropathy.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2004
November 2004
Foot disorders are the number one reason that people with diabetes spend time in the hospital.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2004
June 2004
Foot ulcers are dangerous and painful, but simple relief can be obtained with therapeutic footwear, according to a recent study of patients with neuropathy and a history of previous foot ulcers.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2004
April 2004
As people with diabetes become more proactive in controlling their diabetes, concerns arise about the safety of certain preventive and alternative options. Pedicure services, often utilized as part of a routine regimen in good foot care, is one of the issues warranting further consideration.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2004
March 2004
It was the scariest thing Kathy Yokum ever did.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2004
May 2003
When 18 veterans with diabetes who had a total of 20 nonhealing foot ulcers were treated either with conventional therapy or with maggot therapy, the maggots came out ahead.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2003
If you have peripheral arterial disease (PAD)—narrowing and hardening of the arteries that supply blood to the legs and feet—and want to lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke, you should aim to keep your blood pressure low, advises a new study.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2003
March 2003
The condition of your nails may point directly toward the condition of your health.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2003
February 2003
A spray commonly used to alleviate angina pain might be able to help relieve the pain and burning of diabetic neuropathy when sprayed on the feet.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2003
January 2003
A test that measures muscle activity can predict the development of foot ulcers, while other tests can predict amputation and even death, say researchers at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in the United Kingdom.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2003
Although more people with diabetes are taking measures to prevent or delay diabetes-related complications, the number still falls short of recommended national health objectives, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2003
September 2002
Foot specialists can now create custom orthotics on site in just one hour using a process from Riecken's Orthotic Laboratory in Evansville, Indiana. The Shoe and Foot Interfacing Orthosis (SAFIO) process, which uses the patient's foot as its model, eliminates the need for foot forms, plaster work and delivery delays and allows the patient to walk out of the office with a pair of custom inlays. Riecken can also do the work in-house, if desired.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2002
August 2002
Unless you have a severe foot deformity or do not receive close attention to foot care from your healthcare provider, you may not need to wear therapeutic shoes to reduce the risk of foot ulcers.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2002
June 2002
Why Have I Lost Depth Perception in My Vision?
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2002
April 2002
The type of shoe you choose for your walking or running activity may be the single best insurance you can buy to reduce your chance of injury. I find that most people look for two things in a shoe: cushion and style. The problem here is that cushion, while it may feel good initially, does not offer the stability that most people need. A lack of stability in a shoe can cause the majority of weight-bearing injuries to the ankles, knees, hips and lower back. Remember, it is nice to look good while you are exercising, but how can you continue to look good if you are injured?
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2002
Apex Foot Health Industries, Inc., of Teaneck, New Jersey, is now offering seam-free socks, which are recommended for people with diabetes. The Comfort n' Care Seamfree Socks provide even pressure throughout the foot to avoid cutting off circulation. The socks feature a thickly knit, soft acrylic fabric for added comfort and to protect the foot from moisture.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2002
Podovis, of Chicago, Illinois, is offering a line of all-natural foot care products to help people with diabetes maintain good foot health. Each product contains a medicinal seaweed extract from the South Pacific, which has nourishing properties, according to the company. The line of products includes Dry Foot Moisturizer; Pumice Cream, which acts as an exfoliant; Cream Talc, which protects against perspiration; Moisturizing Relaxing Gel; and Foot Deodorant. Prices range from $3.99 to $5.59.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2002
The type of shoe you choose for your walking or running activity may be the single best insurance you can buy to reduce your chance of injury. I find that most people look for two things in a shoe: cushion and style. The problem here is that cushion, while it may feel good initially, does not offer the stability that most people need. A lack of stability in a shoe can cause the majority of weight-bearing injuries to the ankles, knees, hips and lower back. Remember, it is nice to look good while you are exercising, but how can you continue to look good if you are injured?
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2002
January 2002
Riecken's Orthotic Laboratory, of Evansville, Indiana, is offering shoe insoles custom-designed to help reduce foot ulcers. The Butterfly inserts are made with a gel that "moves, flexes and can flow with the foot's movements," says Carl Riecken, C.Ped, OST, president of Riecken's Orthotic Laboratory. The substance, "flesh-like in consistency," provides a "positive, shock-absorbing foundation" that molds to fit the shape of a person's foot. The smooth surface reduces friction and effectively helps decrease callus build-up, according to the press release.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2002
A procedure that lengthens the Achilles tendon can provide relief for people with diabetic foot ulcers, according to Dr. Cherie Johnson, DPM, FECFAS, a podiatric foot and ankle surgeon at the Foot and Ankle Clinic in Everett, Washington. Johnson, who presented her research to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in October 2001, said the surgery works by decreasing pressure on the ball of the foot.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2002
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) now includes foot exams in its coverage for Medicare recipients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2002
December 2001
Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc. of La Jolla, California, and Smith & Nephew PLC, of London, England, announced the FDA approval of Dermagraft, a treatment for foot ulcers resulting from diabetic neuropathy. Advanced Tissue Sciences is the first company in the United States to receive FDA approval for a skin treatment that is engineered from human cells.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2001
November 2001
The number of lower-limb amputations related to diabetes complications is growing-there were 86,000 such amputations in 1999 alone-according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2001
September 2001
Electric pulses helped to heal foot ulcers for people with diabetes, according to the results of a study out of the University of Texas that were published in the June issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2001
May 2001
In my February column ("Seeing Red"), I printed a summary of foot-care guidelines ("Important Steps for Foot Care") as outlined by Richard Bernstein, MD, FACE, FACN, CWS, of the Diabetes Center in Mamoroneck, New York.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2001
Many diabetes-related foot injuries get worse because sensations in the feet are diminished. This can eventually lead to lower-limb amputations.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2001
The most recent statistics say 86,000 people with diabetes suffer from lower-limb amputations. Experts, however, say that half of them could be avoided.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2001
March 2001
According to Richard Bernstein, MD, FACE, FACN, CWS, a diplomat at the American College of Wound Management, elevated blood sugars can injure and eventually destroy sensory nerves in the feet. Virtually all people with diabetes, who have experienced ongoing higher-than-normal blood sugars for more than five years, suffer some loss of sensitivity to pain, pressure and temperature in their feet.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2001
September 2000
Podiatrists argue that moist-wound healing is of utmost importance for diabetic foot wounds to properly heal. According to Debashish Chakravarthy, PhD, head of consumer business development for Advanced Medical Solutions, a new bandage, called the Spyroflex, is specially designed to provide this type of healing environment.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2000
August 2000
Only a month and 12 days after receiving recommendation for approval from a FDA advisory board, Apligraf was formally given approval for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers of greater than a three-week duration.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2000
February 2000
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy can make the feet numb and reduce sensitivity to pain. Without the ability to feel pain, a person may not know when and how to protect an injured area. Therefore, they just keep walking on the injured foot.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2000
Check your feet daily for any sores, rub spots, etc. to be certain of having healthy, pain-free tootsies.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2000
There are few issues that scare people with diabetes more than that of amputation. Losing a leg or foot has the potential to affect not only the way you work and play but, generally, all of the activities in your life. The good news is that most amputations are preventable.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2000
A big issue in diabetes care today is the prevention of foot wounds that could lead to serious consequences. Untreated foot deformities and calluses can lead to ulcers that can subsequently lead to infection and amputation. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that 15 percent of all people with diabetes develop foot ulcers. Diabetic foot problems result in as any as 60,000 major amputations per year in North America.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2000
January 2000
On May 8, an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended approval of the bioengineered skin substitute Apligraf.
0 comments - Posted Jan 7, 2000
November 1999
I am greatly interested in relief for my foot pain. Please share with me any information on relieving foot pain with the use of magnets.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1999
April 1999
According to a study presented on February 8 at the annual American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting in Anaheim, California, elective foot and ankle surgery for patients with diabetic neuropathy can lead to an increased risk of Charcot foot.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 1999
March 1999
Wearing magnet-laden socks could reduce or eliminate neuropathy-related foot pain in people with diabetes, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Pain Management.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1999
November 1998
A free brochure on foot care for people with diabetes, "Diabetic Foot Problems and Treatment," has been produced by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. To order call (888) THE-FEET.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1998
July 1998
Proper diabetes care requires being constantly vigilant in treating diabetes complications. One especially troubling complication that can affect both type 1s and type 2s is diabetic peripheral neuropathy. This complication, which affects the nerves in the extremities, may make the feet numb and unable to feel pain. When first hearing this, many say, "that's terrific - not feeling pain is better than hurting." Unfortunately, feeling pain is a necessary evil to prevent serious injuries.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 1998
The peripheral neuropathy that is the underlying cause of Charcot foot can lead to other foot problems as well. The diminished sensation that allows a person with peripheral neuropathy to continue to walk on a Charcot foot can also lead them to further damage a foot adversely affected by extreme temperatures, poorly fitting shoes, cuts or ulcers.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 1998
March 1998
Dermagraft, a human skin replacement for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers has been recommended to the FDA for approval on the condition that Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. and its partner Smith & Nephew plc perform a post marketing study.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1998
November 1997
Podiatrists are increasingly concerned with the spread of fungal nail infection. "In New York alone, an estimated 620,000 people - one in every 25 - already have fungal nail infections and are at risk of spreading them to others," says Hiram Chirel, DPM, executive director of the New York State Podiatric Medical Association.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1997
The medical staff at Curative Wound Care Centers recommends following certain basic steps in proper foot care - ranging from wearing the right kind of socks to trimming the toenails correctly - that are key in the prevention of amputations as a result of neuropathy.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1997
September 1997
Neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Unless something is done to stop the trend, 50 percent of people with diabetes are predicted to develop neuropathy, or nerve damage, in their legs. Because there is a loss of protective sensation which signals pain, injuries can occur as a result. These neuropathy-related injuries can cause ulcers that lead to amputations for an estimated 54,000 patients every year in the United States.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 1997
May 1997
Magainin Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently announced successful results in phase III trials for FDA approval of Cytolex, their topical antibiotic cream for the treatment of foot ulcers.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 1997
April 1997
The current guidelines on nonprescription footwear for people with diabetes need to be carefully reevaluated, according to a recent study. The study asserts that the relationship between severe foot lesions and "improper" footwear is actually quite weak.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 1997
February 1997
This case study is presented by Dr. Neil Scheffler, our foot care advisor and a podiatrist at the Baltimore Podiatry Group in Baltimore, Maryland.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 1997
May 1996
Hope may be in store for the majority of office workers who must bear the discomfort of Oxford-style shoes. The results from a recent study showed that Oxfords inflicted as much damage to the sole of the foot as one would receive walking barefoot. The test results especially affect people with diabetes who run the risk of foot ulceration. The cheap running shoe emerged as the minimum support recommended for people with diabetes.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 1996
February 1996
DIABETES HEALTH reader Jeffrey Davis works in a bookstore, which means he's on his feet all day. He looked everywhere for a pair of socks that were both comfortable and safe for his sensitive feet. Since he wears specially made diabetic shoes, he decided to get custom-made socks. Unfortunately, the special socks cost more than $100 and were extremely uncomfortable. Then, Davis found what he calls the answer to his problems.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 1996
Bill came into my pharmacy several months ago, sat down, and took off his shoe and stocking to show me his toe. His middle toe was deep red and purple. He described how the strap of his sandal had rubbed a sore at the base of the toe, and said it was not painful.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 1996
November 1995
There are 150 amputations nationwide every day due to diabetes complications. That equals 54,750 per year. For this reason, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State University in Hershey, Pa. has developed some helpful material on foot care. The following has been abstracted from its literature:
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1995
March 1995
Foot-related complications of diabetes are among the most common reasons people with diabetes are hospitalized. Foot ulcers are one of these complications. Ulcers are holes. If you have a stomach ulcer, it is a hole in your stomach. Similarly, a foot ulcer is a hole in the skin of the foot.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1995
January 1995
It is well known that foot problems are among the most frequent complications of diabetes. One of the primary reasons that people with diabetes have foot problems is because of a disorder known as diabetic neuropathy.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 1995
Steuart Labs is introducing a fast-penetrating foot cream that will soften calluses, reduce itching, and assist in the healing of other slow-healing sores.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 1995
September 1994
You've heard of hot flashes, well, now there's something new-hot spots. Located on the soles of your foot, these toasty patches are early indicators of inflammation and tissue damage produced by repetitive stresses.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 1994
July 1994
Q: I've been told that I have diabetic neuropathy. What is that and what can I do about it?
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 1994