Unmanaged diabetes can lead to amputations, usually of the toes, feet, or legs. Causes include reduced blood flow or peripheral neuropathy. Managing your blood sugar may help prevent it.

While attending a seminar about amputation pain, she met a doctor who suggested she undergo revision surgery, where more of ...

Historically, orthopedic surgeons have managed diabetic foot complications through local debridement, antibiotics, and amputation. In the last 20 years, the goals of diabetic foot surgery have ...

Peripheral neuropathy is very common in people with diabetes and can lead to serious foot complications, which in turn can lead to amputation. If you have peripheral neuropathy, it’s important ...

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Tema, March 24, GNA – In 2020, a seemingly ordinary day during his mother’s funeral in northern Ghana changed everything for 62-year-old Maalneriba-Tia. While sitting under a tree, a casual ...

Although Ball lost part of his right leg below the knee, he acknowledges in his SLAM essay that he is fortunate to have discovered the blood infection before it took his life. If he hadn’t gone to see ...

Ball explained that his health took a dramatic turn when an infection spread from his foot into his bloodstream, a complication worsened by his diabetes. “I had an infection on my foot that ...