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A stab wound is a specific form of penetrating trauma to the skin that results from a knife or a similar pointed object. [1][2][3][4] While stab wounds are typically known to be caused by knives, they can also occur from a variety of implements, including broken bottles and ice picks. Most stabbings occur because of intentional violence or ...
Diabetic foot ulcer is a breakdown of the skin and sometimes deeper tissues of the foot that leads to sore formation. It may occur due to a variety of mechanisms. It is thought to occur due to abnormal pressure or mechanical stress chronically applied to the foot, usually with concomitant predisposing conditions such as peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, autonomic ...
Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. [4] Symptoms may include a change in skin color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain, skin breakdown, and coolness. [1] The feet and hands are most commonly affected. [1] If the gangrene is caused by an infectious agent, it may present with a fever or sepsis.
Research estimates that the lifetime incidence of foot ulcers within the diabetic community is around 15% and may become as high as 25%. [7] Where wounds take a long time to heal, infection may set in, spreading to bones and joints, and lower limb amputation may be necessary. Foot infection is the most common cause of non-traumatic amputation ...
Plantar fascial fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose's disease, Morbus Ledderhose, and plantar fibromatosis, is a relatively uncommon [2] non-malignant thickening of the feet's deep connective tissue, or fascia. In the beginning, where nodules start growing in the fascia of the foot, the disease is minor. [citation needed]
Diseases of the foot. Flatfoot in a 55-year-old woman with ankle and knee arthritis. Vascular ischemia of the toes with the characteristic cyanosis. Chilblains, also called perniosis. Bunion and hammer toe. Foot disease in a Ziguinchor hospital, Senegal, 1973. Athlete's foot, a fungal infection. Diseases of the foot generally are not limited ...
Deep wound on shin with stitches healing over five weeks. The wound-healing process is not only complex but fragile, and it is susceptible to interruption or failure leading to the formation of non-healing chronic wounds. Factors that contribute to non-healing chronic wounds are diabetes, venous or arterial disease, infection, and metabolic ...
Diabetic foot infection is any infection of the foot in a diabetic person. [2] The most frequent cause of hospitalization for diabetic patients is due to foot infections. [3] Symptoms may include pus from a wound, redness, swelling, pain, warmth, tachycardia, or tachypnea. [4] Complications can include infection of the bone, tissue death ...