Diabetes, a chronic condition characterised by elevated blood glucose levels, can manifest various symptoms at different ...

Health bodies are urging people to be wary of some unusual symptoms that can appear in the feet signalling a dangerous condition. Diabetes is a serious and often lifelong condition that causes ...

Why should I check my feet if I am diabetic? C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center One of the first things that many physicians who see a lot of diabetics do is ...

Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Foot problems run the gamut from blisters caused by wearing the wrong shoes to ...

One of the most serious complications of diabetes is loss of circulation, and ultimately, loss of sensation to the feet. These issues put patients with diabetes at greater risk for foot ulcers, ...

Diabetic neuropathy refers to nerve damage due to diabetes. When it affects the feet, healthcare professionals call it peripheral neuropathy. It usually affects both feet at the same time ...

Health organisations are warning individuals to be vigilant of unusual symptoms that may manifest in the feet. Diabetes is a severe and often chronic disease that results in excessively high blood ...

Background. A 61-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to a diabetic foot clinic 1 year after he injured his left foot in a slip injury. Examination showed collapse of the ...

After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ...

We examined the role of vascular function and inflammation in the development and failure to heal diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). We followed 104 diabetic patients for a period of 18.4 ± 10.8 months.

A hospital trust is one of only a handful in the country offering routine limb-saving plastic surgery for diabetic patients suffering from foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers affect more than 18 ...