Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Over time type 2 diabetes can affect all body parts, including the feet. When blood ...

Understanding the risks, symptoms, and prevention methods for diabetic foot conditions is crucial for those with diabetes.

Objective We examined associations between ulcer bioburden and ulcer outcomes in neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) that lacked clinical signs of infection. Research Design and Methods Three ...

This may occur through small fissures between the toes, acute traumatic wounds, burns or chronic pressure-related ulcers. Infection may remain mild and localized, or spread rapidly along tendon ...

The outcome of many, if not all, sports seasons is judged by wins and losses. For Hutchinson’s boys basketball coach Mike McGraw, beating a treacherous health battle off the court was the ...

When infection complicates a foot ulcer, the combination can be limb-threatening, or life-threatening. Infection is defined clinically, but wound cultures assist in identification of causative ...

People with chronic diabetic foot ulcers could soon have a new way to ... which—if not detected and removed—can lead to severe infection and resulting ... There are many important reasons ...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic infection transmitted by sandflies, affecting millions worldwide. While the ...

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, ...

Amputation is sometimes necessary when circulation is so poor that a foot ulcer fails to heal, or when treatment fails to stop the spread of an infection.