What are various types of Diabetic feet?Following are the 3 types:
- Neuropathic Foot: Neuropathy dominates. Fissures, bullae, neuropathic joints and edema, digital necrosis.
- Neuroischemic Foot: Occlusive vascular disease main factor while neuropathy is also present. Rest pain, foot margin ulceration, digital necrosis and gangrene.
- Non neuroischemic foot: No significant neuropathy or ischemia. Secondary to trauma. Infected because of uncontrolled, often undetected diabetes
What are various systems of grading of a diabetic foot?
- Wagner 's Diabetic Foot Grading System
- University of Texas Wound Classification System
- PEDIS Ulcer classification system
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Check out the link below for more on Diabetic Foot:
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIABETIC FOOT: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
http://www.worldsurgeryforum.net/2017/01/pathophysiology-of-diabetic-foot.html
