Sir,?In the British Mcdical Journal of May 19th last, Dr. Rupert Hallam published an article entitled "Fungus infections of the hands and feet." All of us practising in tropical climates have seen cases of skin infection between the toes, usually the fourth and fifth. Many of these are exceedingly difficult to cure and are apt to recur every hot weather. Cases of dJiobi itch also do not often b...

BACKGROUND A new simple technique based on iontophoresis technology (EZSCAN, Impeto Medical, Paris, France) has recently been developed for the screening of diabetes. In the present study, we investigated the accuracy of this system for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in Chinese. METHODS We performed the EZSCAN test in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. EZSCAN measures electrochemical con...

We describe two patients with diabetes mellitus and associated neuropathy, who presented with painless foot swelling and no history of trauma. X-Rays revealed recent underlying fractures-in one of a metatarsus, and the other of a proximal phalanx. These were assumed to be 'stress' fractures unassociated with pain because of the severe sensory neuropathy. Though spontaneous fractures in neuropat...

AIM Foot ulcers are a frequent complication of patients suffering with diabetes mellitus, accounting for up to 20% of diabetes-related hospital admission . Secondary infection of these ulcers is by far the leading cause of amputation of feet and legs and the polymicrobial nature of diabetic foot infection has been well documented in the literature. The present study sought to reveal the bacteri...

In managing diabetic foot ulcers, foot elevation has generally been recommended to reduce oedema and prevent other sequential problems. However, foot elevation may decrease tissue oxygenation of the foot more than the dependent position since the dependent position is known to increase blood flow within the arterial system. In addition, diabetic foot ulcers, which have peripheral vascular insuf...

Abstract Exercise through swimming is beneficial for patients with diabetes; however, pool environments are known to favour infection. There at present no available literature on outcomes of associated diabetic foot infections and we describe a novel case series who presented after using pool. Individuals attending our Diabetes Limb Salvage Clinic ulcers/infections had an injury or infection ex...

AIMS This trial aims to identify differences between genders in relation to factors associated with the risk of diabetic foot in elderly persons. METHODS We evaluated 187 older adults diagnosed with diabetes type 2. The variables investigated were sociodemographic data, clinical history of diabetes mellitus and complaints about the feet. The plantar sensitivity was evaluated on both feet, wit...