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What is Charcot Foot?
Here Dr Qureshi, Consultant Endocrinologist, discusses what Charcot Foot is and how it is likely to develop.
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So the defined chakra which is I think essentially a deformity of the foot when you have quite severe sensory neuropathy in either of the feet and you lose the arch of the foot so you need preserved blood supply and the nerve supply of the feet to maintain a proper arch of the feet. And you can lose that if you have severe sensory neuropathy. And it can become performed, can happen on one side, but it can also happen on both sides. And it can be a challenge, and it can lead to skin breakdown and issues with mobility. And it can only involve either the whole of the foot, normally the midfoot or the midarch, or it can involve any bone in the foot which can feel deformed.
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