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The disinction is blurred depending on the age and experience of the practitioner. A chiropist treats the superficial lesions of the foot. Corns, callus, ingrown toenails etc. And do a great job. A podiatrist will examine your foot, tell you why you have corns and callus, sell you some...

No. No No. T2 is a manageable conditipn. You just need to take your meds and do as your told by the medicos. After all they know best as they're the professionals. I must admit, as a "professional" I had no idea till I joined this forum.

I'm a podiatrist/chiropodist in Australia. We have a different system here. There are private podiatrist's and there are those employed by government funded hospitals. Usually these are involved with the high risk foot clinics, though some do clinical work with community clients. We have a...

The psychology of this is extremely complicated. Some clinicians are unboubtedly cold and blunt, some clients are overly sensitive. I think in the long run this article says more about the authors than clinical practice etiquette. I feel these authors are externalising their own problems...

It does seem a lot. Osteoporosis at 22 is not common. Im sure you doctor has looked into iit. Have you looked into vitamin K2? it directs calcium into the bones. Also, recent research has shown that chronic fatigue syndrome is a calcium transport problem and I wouldnt be surprised if fibro...

We call those things cat heads. Caltrop is another the technical name is tribulus terrestris. Nasty things.

I live out of town in a rural setting, wearing tough shoes outside is mandatory as some the burrs we have will pass straight through the sole of a jogger with spines about the same length of a thumb tack. The important measure with diabetics is "protective sensation" which is different for...

Grains and fruits were seasonal before we settled down and invented agriculture. So we would stuff ourselves with whatever fruit or grain was available, store the excess carbs as fat and then live off that in the lean times when we had to survive off whatever game we could catch. Prossessed...

I get splits in the ends of my thumbs and index fingers during winter. I believe it to be less skin oils being produced in the cold weather making the skin brittle. My brother in law, who is a mining engineer (poor referemce source Im afraid) thinks its caused by a fungus like tinea. He puts...

Many hugs to you, Im sorry for your loss. My sister in law is a grief councilor and I believe they are a great help in times like this, if your not already seeing one.

It's not unusual. It depends where the toe was bruised. If at the base of the nail it can take a few weeks to appear. The bruise grows forward with the nail. Nearly all fungal infectoons start at the tip of the toe and grow back down towards the base, or get in through some flaw in the nail...

This may sound Draconian but no fizzy drink other than plain soda water is good for you. There are health and environmental issues with every aspect of commercial fizzy drinks. Buy a Soda Stream (but not the syrups) and put the b......d's out of business. Carbonated water probably has issues as...

Hi bdswales Unfortunately they can be frustratingly slow things to heal. Trust in the nurses and try to keep a positive attitude. Do the usual stuff like vit d, c, CoQ10 supplements. Have you had a vascular check? Both arterial or venous restrictions will slow the healing, as with swelling in...

Besides all the cancers related to smoking, it also causes similar complications as diabetes, namely athersclerosis of the small arteries and neuropathies. Smoking speeds up the complications. Those are kind of long term problems. Immediately after smoking a cigarette it causes perpheral...

Since he is still in pain I suggest you go back to doctor and ask for further investigation, perhaps even images. Doctor should at least try and identify which specific part of calf is painful ( a good doctor should be able to identify most of the anatomy of the lower leg, down to which muscle...

Not just Maori and Pacific Islanders but Indigenous Australians are struggling. It's now standard policy here that indigenous people are diabetic until proven otherwise. Yet we know how to change it around. Even Paul Mason on one of his youtube lectures has a research paper from the seventies...

New job = new shoes? Little known fact but 80% of foot problems are caused by footwear. Change back to some comfortable shoes and see if it improves. Give it a few days.

A friend of my family self diagnosed pituitary cancer. It took him awhile to find a doctor to believe him. I self diagnosed vit d deficiency. Doctor didnt believe me because I get a fair bit of sun. Told me to go off the vit d and then get a blood test. Symptoms came back, blood test said low...

Official max of 39.2 C yesterday, more comfortable 35 so far today. We've missed the truly horrible heat that is further south from my home. But only 2 days below 30 since Christmas Eve. Its funny to think of 33 as a cool change, which is forcaste for tomorrow and then back up to 38 and 39's...

Listened to part three on dietandhealth today podcast. It took "dieting" to a whole new level. I've not had addiction explained to me so clearly before; I've had a paradigm shift with these talks Thanks again for posting this up. It would be interesting to know how many DCUK members have...