Major amputation remains a significant complication of patients with diabetic foot problems. Now, research indicates the predictive factors for below-and above-the-knee amputation in these patients.

A history of diabetic foot events (ulcers/gangrene, amputation, or revascularization) is linked to around 50% higher all-cause mortality risk in type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study used data from the ...

According to the World Health Organization, there were 830 million people living with diabetes in 2022, as compared to 200 million in 1990. This chronic, metabolic condition that affects millions of ...

I have just been diagnosed with diabetes. I want to know if this is a dangerous disease. — Chigozie (by SMS) Diabetes is not ...

Everyone knows that diabetes is a condition when your blood sugar levels are higher than they should be. But when these levels are consistently high over a long period of time, they begin to damage ...

Gangrene is a type of tissue death which occurs due to loss of blood supply. This may affect any part of the body but usually affects the peripheral extremities like feet, toes, fingers, hands, penis ...

The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that people with type 2 have a wider variety of treatment options.

Your feet provide important health warnings. Unusual changes in toes, nails, or skin may indicate serious conditions. These ...

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 ...

It's gory, sticky and undoubtedly on the nose, but a blend of icing sugar, chicken stock and flexible resin is proving to be the just the right recipe for creating realistic foot ulcers as part of a ...

Intense pain or complete numbness – which is worse? asks Dr. Vivian Fonseca, chief of endocrinology at Tulane University’s Health Sciences Center. The obvious answer would seem to be pain and that’s ...