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Can diabetic foot ulcers be cured?
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Can diabetic foot ulcers be cured?

Here Dr Simon Ashwell discusses some possible cures for diabetic foot ulcers.

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Can diabetic foot ulcers be cured? So yes, so this is what I spend a lot of my life doing, is healing diabetic foot ulcers or helping people to heal their diabetic foot ulcers. Yes, they can be cured and this is one of the reasons that people enjoy, healthcare professionals enjoy this part of the work because diabetes is not easily amenable to a cure whereas foot ulcers can be and they can be cured by a number of different treatments. They can be cured by reducing the pressure on ulcers. So often we would ask somebody to wear a device to reduce the pressure on the ulcer on the foot, particularly if it's on the solder foot. They can be cured by giving antibiotics if an ulcer is infected. They can be cured by improving blood supply to the foot and they can be cured by a debridement of taking away hard skin buildup and appropriate dressings.

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