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Diabetic Feet

One of the many problems with diabetes is that it can affect your feet in a very negative way.  What starts out as seemingly a harmless ingrown nail, can quickly proceed to gangrene and the loss of a limb. Many signs such as:  absence of hair growth on the digits, loss of sensitivity (which can be determined by your podiatrist with the use of a special filament), the color and temperature of the...

Danger of MRSA

With all this talk of the H1N1 virus, an alarming infection is being swept under the rug.  MRSA, or methicillin resistant staph aureus, is running at rampant levels. An infection that once was caught mainly in hospitals (you’d be amazed how much you can pick up in a hospital), has now branched out to many athletic groups and locker rooms.  MRSA infections also, interestingly enough, are misdiagnosed...

Ulcers and Foot Temperature

Let’s face it, diabetic foot ulcers are a major problem in today’s society. Would Temperature Monitoring Have Avoided This? Lack of sensation the feet cause pressure sores to occur. Whether normal person without diabetes would notice and adjust, a person with diabetes would fail to notice. Diabetics have literally walked on a nail or coin to the point of ulceration. A study recently...

Heel Pain and Weight

If you ‘ve ever been to my office, you’ve heard the tale of the relationship between heel pain and additional pounds. It relates to how many steps you take a day, and the ideal weight your heel and foot were designed for. Figure the average human takes about 10,000 steps a day. If you wear a pedometer-you’d know your average! Assume your ideal weight is 150, and you’re currently...

Ingrown Toenail Advice

First thing to keep in mind. Do not let infections in your toenail get out of hand. If it gets to this stage, you’ve let it go on too long. As you can see from the photo, there is a large degree of infection present. However, if you’re already guilty of a little procrastination (and who among us isn’t); it might be wise to read on. The problem with such a toe is that making the...

Ingrown Toenail Treatment-Follow Up Care

The most common way I treat chronic, ingrown toenail pain is with phenol.  This chemical induces a chemical burn at the level of nail matrix (where your toenail is made). Because this becomes a chemical burn, the dead nail cells need an open conduit to drain.  This drainage process can take anywhere from one to two weeks. For this reason, I tell my patients that it is very important that they soak...

Plantar Fasciitis Timeframe-Healing Expectations

One of the first things I tell my patients who come to see me regarding plantar fasciitis is that it’s going to take some time. Plantar fasciitis, especially when it gets to the point of forming a heel spur, is a long developing process.  The spur you are seeing is literally the bone being pulled away by the tight fascia.  As you can imagine, this is not an overnight process. Plantar Fasciitis...

Medical Identity Theft

Before you think that you’re “covered” because your credit cards all carry the fraud alert, think again. That is only one slice of the identity theft pie. Medical identity theft, where somebody gets hold of your insurance information; and has a medical procedure at your expense is another slice of that same pie. Or worse yet, somebody could get an AIDS test in your name, test positive,...