When you think of diabetes, you probably think about avoiding sugar and taking blood tests.
However, if you’ve been diagnosed with Diabetes, you should also be thinking about your feet and ankles.
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Treatment Options
Diabetes affects every area of your health, requiring constant monitoring. In fact, good diabetic foot care can be crucial for preventing severe, painful complications that could deteriorate into life-threatening infections or limb amputations.
The doctor may suggest treating your ulcer by advising you to:
- REST YOUR FEET
- WEAR ORTHOTIC SHOES OR BRACES
- REMOVE DEAD SKIN AT OUR CLINIC
- TAKE AN X-RAY and/or SEND SKIN SAMPLES
Taking an X-Ray to check for bone infections or send samples of your skin cells to the lab. - USE ANTIBIOTICS
Use of antibiotics (the lab determines if an antibiotic will help fight your infection.)
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Before & After Treatment
This wonderful patient of ours came to us with a Diabetic wound he was unable to heal on his own. After working closely with Dr. Silvester, trusting the process, his treatment plan and eventually needing surgery to treat the problem at it’s source with Achilles Tendon Lengthening, A.D. (our patient) was able to finally heal his wound.
Dr. Silvester explains what Diabetics need to know about foot health.
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