Fight Fire with Fire: Capsaicin for Diabetic Foot Pain
Dr. G explores how capsaicin, the active compound in chili peppers, can reduce burning neuropathic pain by overactivating and desensitizing pain-sensing nerves. The episode explains that capsaicin is ...
14 Sep 28min
Prediabetes: The Silent Signal You Can Change
Prediabtes isn’t “ Almost Diabetes” . This episode explains how type 2 diabetes often begins years before diagnosis as prediabetes — a compensatory metabolic state where insulin resistance, pancreatic...
13 Sep 26min
When the Limb Changes: A Deep Dive into Stump Shrinkage
This episode explains what "stump shrinkage" really means—residual limb volume changes, edema, tissue remodeling, and how different amputation levels affect function and prosthetic fitting. It outline...
12 Sep 32min
Why Diabetic Foot Ulcers Can’t Finish the Job: The Microbial Clearance Problem
This episode explores why some diabetic foot ulcers remain inflamed yet fail to clear microbes, distinguishing contamination, colonization, local infection, and clinical infection. It explains how imm...
11 Sep 16min
Great Expectations in DFU: Micro Wins Matter: Motivation, Expectations, and Mental Health in Diabetic Wound Care
Dr. G discusses realistic expectations for diabetic foot ulcer healing, explaining the medical factors that affect recovery—blood flow, infection control, offloading, nutrition, and time—and why insta...
10 Sep 16min
Why You Can't Just Glue a Diabetic Foot Ulcer Closed
In this episode Dr. G explains why tissue adhesives like cyanoacrylates (e.g., Dermabond) work well for clean, superficial, low‑tension wounds but are inappropriate for diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic ...
9 Sep 16min
Dead Space in the Diabetic Foot: The Hidden Cavity That Stops Healing
Dr. G explains what dead space is — a residual tissue cavity after tissue loss or separation in the diabetic foot — why it matters, and how it differs from abscesses, undermining, and tunneling. He ou...
8 Sep 21min
TEWL Reveals Hidden Risk of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Recurrence
Dr. G explains transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and why a clinically closed diabetic foot ulcer can still have a compromised skin barrier. He outlines how TEWL reflects epidermal function, how diabete...
8 Sep 27min
