Forgotten Infection Friday- The Great Pretender: Actinomycosis Masquerading as Diabetic Foot Infection
Actinomycosis is a rare, slow-growing filamentous gram-positive bacterial infection that can mimic cancer, tuberculosis, or chronic diabetic foot infections by producing woody fibrosis, interconnected...
24 Jul 22min
Liquid Biopsies: The Future of Diabetic Foot Care
In this episode of Diabetics with Files, Dr. G explains liquid biopsies — blood tests that detect cell-free DNA and other molecular signals — and how they work. We explore how this technology could he...
23 Jul 9min
Exudative tax- When Wounds Become Protein Vampires: The Hidden Drain
This episode explains how chronic wounds—especially heavily exudative and diabetic ulcers—act like metabolic drains, leaking proteins, growth factors, immune cells, electrolytes, and calories and impa...
22 Jul 13min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. David Alper, DPM-Beyond the Operating Room: The Legislative Fight to Save Limbs
LIMBWatch | Dr. David B. Alper – The Policy Behind Preventing Amputations Why are so many lower extremity amputations still happening when the majority could be prevented? In this powerful episode of ...
20 Jul 40min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. David Armstrong DPM, MD, PhD - Ending Preventable Amputations:Limb Preservation and Diabetic Foot Remission
In this episode , one of the world’s most influential pioneers in limb preservation, Dr.David Armstrong DPM, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery and a Global Leader in ...
13 Jul 43min
Hypoxia vs Ischemia: The Vital Difference for Diabetic Foot Healing
This episode explains the crucial difference between hypoxia (low oxygen that can trigger repair) and ischemia (lack of blood flow that deprives tissue of oxygen, nutrients, and immune cells), and how...
12 Jul 18min
The Oxygen Thermostat: HIF‑1α and Diabetic Wound Healing- The Wound Healing Protein You Probably Never Heard Of
Dr. G explains how hypoxia‑inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF‑1α) acts as the cell's oxygen sensor and coordinator of wound repair, why diabetes disrupts its signaling, and how that impairment stalls heali...
11 Jul 22min
Forgotten Infection Friday: Tranq Wounds- Xylazine Damage — When a Veterinary Sedative Destroys Human Tissue
This episode explains how xylazine ("tranq"), a veterinary sedative now found in the illicit drug supply, is causing severe, fast-progressing wounds and infections when mixed with fentanyl. It reviews...
10 Jul 16min
