Diabetic Foot Ulcers – Skin Tests

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Another thing that is assessed would be your skin. The doctor or nurse could be looking for something like a wound would be a big concern and should cause them to go into a whole different mode of acuity to take care of you. Something else they can look for: there are signs that can proceed a wound with like a callus. If a diabetic foot problem and an ulcer is like cancer, then a callus is like a breast lump and that’s what they can look for (the doctor and the nurse) and that’s what you can look for as well on the dermatologic examination.