INTRODUCTION Superficial fungal infections affect millions of people throughout the world.1 In Ireland, 10-12% on average, of a general practitioner's (GPs) consultations are skin related.2 Superficial fungal infections characteristically involve the skin or nails with several organisms being responsible. Dermatophyte infections of the feet represent the most common fungal infections in develop...

The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a current concept review on the diagnosis and management of diabetic foot infections which are among the most serious and frequent complications encountered in patients with diabetes mellitus. A literature review on diabetic foot infections with emphasis on pathophysiology, identifiable risk factors, evaluation including physical examination, laborat...

Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus have a 15% risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic ulcers will not occur if people the knowledge and are willing to take care their feet regularly. The purpose this study was determine effect health education on , attitude prevention . Method : Quasy experiment research design pre test - post control group design. sample DM patients who visi...

Neurogenic positional pedal neuritis is a presentation of neuritic symptoms in one or both feet usually affected by body position, specifically, the position of the spine. Its etiology is similar to that of neurogenic-induced claudication caused by spinal stenosis in that the symptoms are caused by compression or irritation of nerves of the lower lumbosacral spine, usually the fifth lumbar and ...

We reviewed 27 diabetic patients who sustained a tibial fracture treated with a reamed intramedullary nail and compared them with a control group who did not have diabetes. There were 23 closed fractures and four were open. Union was delayed until after six months in 12 of the 23 (52%) diabetic patients with closed fractures and ten of the 23 (43%) control patients (p = 0.768). In two patients ...

Thermal sensibility was quantitatively assessed in the feet of 46 diabetic patients. In subjects with sensibility deficits the perception threshold for warmth or cold, or of heat pain, was either increased or lost. Four stages of impaired thermal sensibility were defined, and a classification of dysfunction is proposed which could be useful in routine clinical examination of patients with diabe...

BACKGROUND Implant-related infections are characterized by bacterial colonization and biofilm formation on the prosthesis. Diabetes represents one of the risk factors that increase the chances of prosthetic infections because of related severe peripheral vascular disease. Vasodilatation can be a therapeutic option to overcome diabetic vascular damages and increase the local blood supply. In thi...