Diabetic Foot Care Products
Six things do almost all the work, three sold for diabetic feet should never touch one, and the most useful item in the kit costs about five dollars.
Dr. Tom Biernacki, DPM, FACFAS
Swollen Feet and Diabetes
Both feet swelling usually points somewhere systemic. One foot, warm and red on a neuropathic foot, is Charcot until proven otherwise. Where the line sits.
Brown Spots on Feet and Diabetes
Diabetic dermopathy is harmless and needs no treatment, but it travels with the other complications. How to tell shin spots from venous staining and from the rest.
Gangrene in the Diabetic Foot
Dry, wet and gas gangrene look different and move at different speeds. How they are told apart, why it often does not hurt, and which one is measured in hours.
Dry and Cracked Feet in Diabetes
Dry skin in diabetes is a neuropathy sign, not neglect. Why heels crack, what urea actually does, and why a pumice stone is the wrong tool on a numb foot.
Diabetic Toenails: Care and Risks
A thick toenail presses on the tissue underneath on a toe that cannot feel it. Fungal nails, ingrowing edges, and when nail care should stop being a home job.
Diabetic Foot Cream: What Works
Urea concentration is the whole decision, and salicylic acid corn removers cause ulcers. What to look for on the label, and the rule about between the toes.
Rash on Feet From Diabetes
Fungal infection, dry skin from lost sweating, diabetic dermopathy or poor circulation. Which pattern is which, and the one that needs seeing the same day.
Non-Diabetic Foot Ulcers Explained
Neuropathic, venous, arterial and pressure ulcers look different and need opposite treatments. How to tell them apart, and why compression can harm the wrong one.
Diabetic Foot Infection: Signs
Infection is diagnosed by looking at the foot, not by swabbing it. The signs, why fever is often absent, and the probe-to-bone test that changes the whole plan.