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Back to SearchDiabetic Foot Abscesses: When Pus Hides Beneath the Skin
Season 1 Episode 1
This episode of Diabetic Foot Files explains how abscesses form in diabetic feet, why they can develop quickly and silently, and the importance of id…
8 months ago
The Vampire's Cure: Why Bleeding Can Mean Healing
Season 1 Episode 1
In this Halloween edition of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G blends vampire lore with wound-care science to show how blood can signal healing—not horror. …
8 months ago
Don't Stop Early: Why Finishing Antibiotics Saves Feet
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. Gabrielle Hutcheson -Donaldson explains why completing prescribed antibiotic courses is critical for diabetic foot infections: early symptom reli…
8 months, 1 week ago
Speak Wound Fluently: Foundations of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Terminology
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G returns to the foundation of diabetic limb salvage, explaining essential ulcer terminology—erosion, partial/full-thickness ulcers, tunneling, u…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Vascular Insights with Dr. Giulia Baldazzi MD, vascular surgery fellow and PhD candidate from Italy 🇮🇹: Healing begins with circulation
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. Giulia Baldazzi, a vascular surgeon, fellow and phd candidate researcher, shares her journey from UCSF to Italy and explores advances in perfusio…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Tiny Ring, Big Risk: Porokeratosis on the Diabetic Foot
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains porokeratosis — a ring-like skin disorder that can masquerade as a callus or wart and cause pain, ulceration, and even malignant chang…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Forgotten Feet: Diabetes Behind Bars/The Incarcerated
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G (Woon Picasso) exposes the hidden crisis of diabetic foot disease in prisons: its prevalence, the resource and policy barriers that lead to mis…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Silver Nitrate: The Secret Weapon Against Hypergranulation
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains how silver nitrate works as a quick, low-cost chemical cautery for treating hypergranulation ("proud flesh") in diabetic and other chr…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How the 2025 Nobel Prize on T‑Regs Could Transform Diabetic Foot Care
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. Gabrielle Hutchison Donaldson dives into the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about regulatory T cells (T‑regs), explai…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Shiny Red Leg? Understanding Erysipelas in Diabetes
Season 1 Episode 1
Dr. G explains erysipelas — the classic shiny, well-demarcated red leg — covering its causes (mainly streptococcal), distinguishing it from celluliti…
8 months, 3 weeks ago