Teaching Diabetic Foot Care
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Foot care for diabetics
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Diabetic Foot Care And The Fashionable Shoe Challenge
Most of us know that foot health is very important in diabetes care! David Mendosa has written about the seriousness of foot ulcers... Read more »
Teaching Type 2 Diabetes Patients Decreases Hemoglobin A1C levels
A Swedish study has shown that teaching type 2 diabetes patients about their disease results in greater decreases in the hemoglobin A1c... Read more »
Focus on Teaching Could Help Eliminate Home Health Care Fraud and...
Since Congress is in the early discussions of health care reform, it’s critical to look at all aspects of the health care system.... Read more »
Keeping Our Legs: Diabetes Foot Amputation Prevention
When you consider how many of us have problems with our feet, you might expect to find lots of resources full of good advice. Then, when... Read more »
MY DIABETES ANNIVERSARY DAY!
Okay, so this year I remembered my "9 Years of Diabetes Anniversary"...March 22. I used to kind of ignore my diagnosis date, but I... Read more »
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Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
What is the cause of my diabetic foot ulcer? Is my foot ulcer classified as "neuropathic", "ischemic", or "neuro-ischemic"? Is there any evidence of... Read more »
Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Once a diabetic foot ulcer has been treated and has healed, preventing recurrence of a subsequent ulcer is of utmost importance. The rate of... Read more »
Diagnosis of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Evaluation of Diabetic Foot UlcersIn evaluating the patient with a diabetic foot ulcer, the health care provider will pay close attention to the... Read more »
Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Multidisciplinary Approach to TreatmentStudies have shown that a multidiciplinary approach to the management of patients with diabetic foot ulcers,... Read more »
What drugs help treat diabetic foot pain?
A patient with diabetic neuropathy wants to know why it occurs and what drugs can treat the pain. Newspaper columnist Nurse Patti explains that the... Read more »
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