Podiatry

Diabetic foot ulcers put patients at increased risk of falling.

What should you add to prevent a loss of limb?

Does an ounce of prevention beat a pound of cure?

I am a diabetes educator and certified foot care nurse. Through the years, I’ve learned that most topics we teach people who have diabetes are really topics every person should know about. I teach patients how to care for their feet, how to prevent foot problems, and how to treat them if they should have problems.

People who have diabetes are usually taught to purchase protective soft leather shoes with a wide toe box. That doesn’t mean everybody who has diabetes follows those recommendations. A woman, type 2 diabetes, who is knowledgeable about diabetes and foot complications was wearing cloth shoes with a “corded” bottom and manmade rubber sole. She was caught in the rain. Her shoes were soaked.

The Society for Vascular Surgery, the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Society for Vascular Medicine collaboratively publish first-ever set of clinical practice guidelines for treating diabetic foot.

In the final installment of this interview with Dr. Don Fetterolf, Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed asks about recommendations for identifying and treating diabetic foot ulcers.

In part three of this exclusive interview, Dr. Don Fetterolf talks about the use of amniotic membrane in the healing of diabetic foot ulcers and the process of using the placenta to create the graphs.

In part two of this discussion, hosted by Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed, Dr. Fetterolf continues his explanation of the best treatments for diabetic foot ulcers and the additional challenges that patients with diabetes face.

In part one of this interview on the use of amniotic membrane as a possible treatment for diabetic ulcers, Diabetes in Control publisher first talks with Dr. Don Fetterolf about the prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers, the impact of the condition and the groups who are affected.