Dr Prashant Vas, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains that a Charcot Foot is a rare complication of Diabetes. The condition affects mostly the bone of the foot but can also affect other joints. He explains that is occurs together with nerve damage (neuropathy). Bone structure changes including fracturing. He explains how casts are used in treatment.
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A Charcot foot is a rare complication of diabetes affecting the bones of the foot commonly, Although in our experience, we've seen Charcot affecting the bones of the knees or even the joints, the elbows and the shoulders. Typically it happens around the joint, not within the long bones itself. And we don't know why. What we know about it is it happens when you have nerve damage in diabetes. And if there is a certain traumatic event that leads to damage to the bone, however minimal, the remodeling does not occur as it should. So you end up getting almost unregulated changes to the bone. Now the true cascade of events has not been yet fully understood. when Charcot happens, and most commonly this is in the foot, you can get catastrophic changes to the bone structure, leading to bone fragmentation and dislocation. And if this is not controlled within a cast as soon as possible, you could end up having long-term permanent damage to the foot shape.
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