Diabetes silently affects millions globally, often progressing without obvious symptoms until it creates life-altering complications. Among the most s ...
Podiatrists are urging North Queenslanders living with diabetes to prioritise their foot health, as leg amputations caused by diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) are 10 times higher in regional areas.
In the medicine and endocrinology department of the Mali Hospital in Bamako, foot problems accounted for 16.37% of hospitalized diabetics, including 40.4% amputations and 5.8% deaths [ 3 ]. In Mali, ...