The Foot in Diabetes

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Every step matters when you live with diabetes – and so do your feet.“The Foot in Diabetes” is a weekly podcast dedicated to preventing ulcers, infections, and amputations through smarter diabetic foot care, early detection, and real‑world education. Hosted by a diabetes and wound‑care clinician, each episode breaks down practical strategies for foot checks, footwear, wound management, and multidisciplinary care in simple, actionable language. Whether you are a person living with diabetes, a family caregiver, or a healthcare professional, you will hear case discussions,

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Charcot Foot. 10.07.2026 45:30

A hot, swollen foot that does not hurt. A normal X-ray. A diagnosis missed for weeks. This episode is about the diabetic foot complication that is very treatable when caught early, and devastating when it is not: Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy. We break down the four things that decide whether a patient keeps their foot or loses it. First, why a hot, swollen, neuropathic foot should be treated as...

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Limb Ischaemia 03.07.2026 52:25

The Foot in Diabetes — Episode 2: Peripheral Arterial Disease and Limb Ischaemia in Diabetes In Episode 2 of The Foot in Diabetes, we explore one of the most critical — and frequently missed — drivers of diabetic foot complications: peripheral arterial disease and limb ischaemia. Drawing on the latest evidence and the 2023 guidance from the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, we disc...

The Renal Foot 26.06.2026 37:29

You’ll hear why the “renal foot” is more than just “diabetic foot plus CKD”: uraemia, mineral–bone disorder, medial arterial calcification, PAD, diabetes, and dialysis‑related haemodynamic swings combine to create a uniquely fragile limb. The hosts unpack what this means at the bedside—late‑presenting ulcers, explosive infection, osteomyelitis, complex tissue loss—and why calciphylaxis sits in its...