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DIABETIC NEUROPATHY AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Objectives

Diabetic foot disease - the high-risk foot

Some statistics

Prevention

Activity

Peripheral neuropathy - sensory motor

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy – risk factors

Nerve damage - neuropathy

Painless nature of diabetic foot disease

Sensory nerve damage

Motor nerve damage

Localised callus

Autonomic nerve damage

Foot assessment

Screening tests for peripheral neuropathy

Assessment of high risk characteristics

Charcot’s arthropathy

Acute vs chronic Charcot’s arthropathy

Charcot’s arthropathy

Charcot’s arthropathy - treatment

Risk categorisation system

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Peripheral vascular disease

Peripheral vascular disease in diabetes

Characteristics of atherosclerosis in diabetes

Peripheral vascular disease

Signs of vascular disease

Peripheral vascular disease and diabetes

Vascular assessment

Peripheral vascular disease non-invasive evaluation (1 of 2)

Peripheral vascular disease non-invasive evaluation (2 of 2)

Peripheral vascular disease

Cause of diabetic amputation

85% of amputations are preventable!

Activity

References