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08-19-2019, 02:58 AM
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Cutting Meat and Bones in Patient Suffering Diabetic Foot Syndrome
In diabetes, peripheral nerve dysfunction can be combined with peripheral artery disease (PAD) causing poor blood circulation to the extremities (diabetic angiopathy). Around half of patients with a diabetic foot ulcer have co-existing PAD. Where wounds take a long time to heal, infection may set in and lower limb amputation may be necessary. Foot infection is the most common cause of non-traumatic amputation in people with diabetes. |
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08-28-2019, 10:31 AM
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Re: Cutting Meat and Bones in Patient Suffering Diabetic Foot Syndrome
I’ve seen this many times. They might as well do the below-the-knee amputation now. Once diabetics with this condition start losing toes, it soon turns into half a foot then the lower leg, one surgery at a time. Like the surgeon said, it only took 2 weeks for 2 more of his toes to become necrotic after they removed the first one...
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08-29-2019, 06:24 PM
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Re: Cutting Meat and Bones in Patient Suffering Diabetic Foot Syndrome
Yep, I’ve seen many a black, squishy, dead toe, on diabetic patients. At that point, there’s no physical pain. Gotta take of our bodies.
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