Diabetic Foot Management

A diabetic foot is a foot that exhibits any pathology that results directly from diabetes mellitus or

any long-term (or "chronic") complication of diabetes mellitus. Presence of several characteristic

diabetic foot pathologies such as infection, diabetic foot ulcer and neuropathic

osteoarthropathy is called diabetic foot syndrome.

Due to the peripheral nerve dysfunction associated with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy), patients

have a reduced ability to feel pain. This means that minor injuries may remain undiscovered for a