Charcots Foot

Just what is Charcot's Foot? Imagine doing something like sprain your ankle and you are not able to feel any pain from it. Imagine what would happen if you kept walking on that sprained ankle. Imagine how much more damage you would do. This is exactly what happens in those with the nerve damage in diabetes and results in a condition known as Charcot’s Foot. The technical name for this is Charcot's neuroarthropathy. In the later stages of diabetes, the nerves lose the ability to feel pain, so

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