DIABETICS NEED ANNUAL FOOT EXAM TO ASSESS ULCER RISK

According to Dr. José Luis Lázaro, professor and head of the Diabetic Foot Unit at the Complutense University, "to establish a correct preventive approach, it is necessary to evaluate the degree of risk that the patient with diabetes has of developing a foot ulcer. It is necessary to know the neurological and vascular status, and the presence of deformities and, in this risk assessment, the podiatrist plays a key role."

 

Dr. José Luis Lázaro

 

“All people with diabetes should go at least once a year to the podiatrist to determine the degree of risk of suffering a foot ulcer and to assess the health status of this,” says the president of the General Council of Colleges of Podiatrists.

 

Source: archyworldys.com [11/11/21]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News