Case Studies

Patient is a 58-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes, osteomyelitis, neuropathy, hammertoes, thyroid issues, afib, and high blood pressure which is being treated medicinally.

For this patient, hammertoes increase the risk of ulcers. When patients have significant neuropathy, the muscles no longer receive instructions from the nerves, so they start to shrink and weaken. With diabetic neuropathy, the foot muscles weaken first, and without foot muscles to stabilize the toes and keep them somewhat straight, the toes end up becoming contracted over time. This can lead to calluses and ulcers from pressure and friction of the deformed toes.

The patient presented with a left foot ulcer on the big toe in Feb/March of 2019, caused primarily due to pressure from hammertoes. There was no healing progress for almost a full year. The wound was dry with evidence of eschar from the three o’clock to six o’clock position. The overall condition of the foot and the color of the skin shows compromised circulation.

Patient is a 58-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes, osteomyelitis, neuropathy, hammertoes, thyroid issues, afib, and high blood pressure which is being treated medicinally.

For this patient, hammertoes increase the risk of ulcers. When patients have significant neuropathy, the muscles no longer receive instructions from the nerves, so they start to shrink and weaken. With diabetic neuropathy, the foot muscles weaken first, and without foot muscles to stabilize the toes and keep them somewhat straight, the toes end up becoming contracted over time. This can lead to calluses and ulcers from pressure and friction of the deformed toes.

The patient presented with a left foot ulcer on the big toe in Feb/March of 2019, caused primarily due to pressure from hammertoes. There was no healing progress for almost a full year. The wound was dry with evidence of eschar from the three o’clock to six o’clock position. The overall condition of the foot and the color of the skin shows compromised circulation.

Patient is a 58-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes, osteomyelitis, neuropathy, hammertoes, thyroid issues, afib, and high blood pressure which is being treated medicinally.

For this patient, hammertoes increase the risk of ulcers. When patients have significant neuropathy, the muscles no longer receive instructions from the nerves, so they start to shrink and weaken. With diabetic neuropathy, the foot muscles weaken first, and without foot muscles to stabilize the toes and keep them somewhat straight, the toes end up becoming contracted over time. This can lead to calluses and ulcers from pressure and friction of the deformed toes.

The patient presented with a left foot ulcer on the big toe in Feb/March of 2019, caused primarily due to pressure from hammertoes. There was no healing progress for almost a full year. The wound was dry with evidence of eschar from the three o’clock to six o’clock position. The overall condition of the foot and the color of the skin shows compromised circulation.