High blood sugar can affect the circulation in your feet and toes, possibly leading to ulcers and other issues. Proper foot care may help prevent these complications from developing. Foot ulcers are a ...

Diabetes makes you more likely to have sores and ulcers. Diabetes causes poor circulation and an increased risk of nerve damage and infection, which makes diabetic ulcers a serious complication.

There are various ways of classifying diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Some guidelines refer to a staged system ranging from stage 1 — no symptoms and no risk — to stage 6, where treatment can no longer ...

A diabetic ulcer describes a slow-healing wound that commonly appears on the feet. It is a complication of diabetes that often stems from a lack of sensation or blood flow in the affected area.

The development of new treatments for diabetic foot ulcers has stalled for the past 2 decades, and novel, effective methods of tackling this debilitating condition are greatly needed, according to a ...

The photo of the patient's foot, sent from his campsite, included a cheeky note: "I remember you telling me that getting in trouble doing something was better than getting in trouble doing nothing.

Tracy came to the Emergency Department complaining of foot pain over the past several weeks. The triage nurse did a finger stick glucose check because Tracy had a history of diabetes and determined ...

Podimetrics, a startup created during an MIT “hackathon” in 2011, focuses on catching foot ulcers—a complication of diabetes that can lead to amputation—early. The company unveiled data showing its ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science scientists have been awarded $1.2 million in research grants from the National Institutes of ...

Diabetic foot ulcer outcomes such as amputation and premature death are more likely in hospitalized patients with ESKD. Among patients with diabetic foot ulcer, those with end-stage kidney disease ...