Chiropodist Therapy

Diabetic foot care

Diabetes is a condition in which excessively high glucose levels in the blood can jeopardize the health of the liver, eyes, kidneys and blood vessels. One of the potential effects of diabetes is a weakened immune system rendering the body unable to effectively fight off infections. Additionally, the disease often leads to serious problems with the feet.
One of the most common foot conditions with diabetes is the inability for the patient to feel the feet due to damage to the nervous system.This also impairs normal sweat secretion and oil production in the feet, leading to abnormal pressure on the feet during walking and skin problems that often result in sores.

diabetic-foot

As mentioned above diabetes weakens the immune system in the body and often times body is unable to health these wounds and when those wounds left untreated bacterial infections can lead to more severe conditions and can lead to amputation to stop the infection to spread to other parts of the body
If you suffer from diabetes, you need to make sure you keep your feet healthy by working with your Chiropodist to reduce the likelihood of infection and fast response to any infection.

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Ingrown toe nail:

An ingrown toenail occurs when the edge of your toenail grows down and cuts into the surrounding skin.
Ingrown toenails can occur on one or both sides of your toe.
Ingrown toenails are a common conditions and commonly happens to the big toe.they can become infected if not treated and can cause a great deal of pain.

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What can cause ingrown toenail:

Other that hereditary reason ingrown toenails can happen for different reasons:

Injury: an injury to your toes can leave your toenail deformed and increase the chances of ingrown toenails and infections
Athletes:if you are an athlete at least active and sporty person you are more likely to suffer from ingrown toenails because you feet will sweat more, making your skin softer and easier for your nails to grow into it.
Cutting your toenails incorrectly. Cutting your nails to short and into a curved shape can make them more likely to grow into your skin.
Ill-fitted shoes: last but not least is when you are wearing shoes that are too thigh. When you are buying a new pair of shoes you need to make sure the toe box has enough space if not, the pressure from the shoe can force the skin surrounding your toenail against the nail.

How can we help:

Ingrown toenail management can be carried out at Utopia health care Depending on the severity of the ingrown toenail there are different option If your ingrown toenail is not too severe it can be easily trimmed at our clinic.
If you have a severe ingrown toenail don't worry at don valley professional foot care we can help. Our chiropodist will perform a small surgical procedure to remove part of, or the whole toenail.in most cases you will be on your way home in less than an hour.

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