Forgotten Infection Friday- Madura Foot: The Silent, Years-Long Infection Hiding in Plain Sight
This episode reviews Madura foot (mycetoma), a chronic implantation infection characterized by long-standing swelling, multiple sinus tracts, and visible ‘‘grains.’p> There are two main types — eumyce...
15 Aug 33min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. Andrew JM Boulton, MD, DSc (Hon), FACP, FICP, FRCP-The Man Who Changed Diabetic Foot Care Dr. Andrew Boulton on Neuropathy, Prevention & Saving Limbs Worldwide
Welcome to LIMBWatch — the global movement dedicated to protecting limbs, preventing amputations, and transforming the future of diabetic foot care. In this landmark episode, we welcome one of the wor...
10 Aug 46min
Antimicrobial ≠ Antibiotic: Antimicrobial Doesn’t Mean Antibiotic
This episode clarifies the difference between antimicrobials (agents that act against a range of microorganisms) and antibiotics (drugs that specifically target bacteria), and explains related terms l...
9 Aug 22min
Why Your Healed Wound Still Feels Tight — What Causes Tight Skin After Diabetic Foot Wounds
This episode explains why healed wounds can feel tight, covering the stages of wound healing, the role of myofibroblasts and alpha-SMA in wound contraction, and how scar tissue differs from normal ski...
8 Aug 21min
Forgotten Infection Friday: Rhodococcus equi — The Macrophage‑Hiding Threat
This episode explores Rhodococcus equi — a pink, soil‑associated bacterium historically linked to horses that can survive inside macrophages and mimic tuberculosis in the lungs. Dr. G discusses its di...
7 Aug 19min
Diabetic Foot Ulcers Aren’t Paper Cuts: When Triple Antibiotic Is Not Enough
This episode traces the history and science behind triple antibiotic ointment—its three ingredients (bacitracin, neomycin, polymyxin B), how they attack different bacteria, and why it became a househo...
6 Aug 24min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. Thomas Hardiman- 10-Gram Truth: How a Simple Monofilament Saves Feet
Episode Title: The 10-Gram Test That Can Save a Limb: Understanding Monofilament Screening, Neuropathy & Prevention with Dr. Thomas Hardiman Episode Summary: What if one of the simplest tools in diabe...
3 Aug 42min
The evolutionary purpose of diabetic neuropathy & Why Our Alarm System Fails in the Modern World and How The Healthcare System becomes that External Warning System for the Patient
This episode explores why pain evolved as a critical protective alarm and how diabetes—through chronic high glucose, inflammation, and microvascular damage—silences that alarm by injuring peripheral n...
2 Aug 23min
