Daptomycin: The Heavyweight Weapon Against Diabetic Foot MRSA
In this episode Dr. G explains daptomycin — a powerful cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic used for serious gram-positive infections like MRSA and VRE in diabetic foot disease. Learn how it works by depolar...
31 Maj 16min
A Single Drop Of Blood: Rouleaux Formation, Glycation, and the Hidden Causes of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
In this episode we follow a single drop of blood from a diabetic patient under the microscope to reveal how chronic high blood sugar alters red blood cells, white cells, platelets, plasma proteins, an...
30 Maj 23min
Forgotten Infection Friday : Chromoblastomycosis and the Diabetic Foot
This episode of Diabetic Foot Files covers chromoblastomycosis, a chronic pigmented fungal skin infection often seen in tropical, agricultural settings and commonly affecting the lower limbs. We discu...
29 Maj 19min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. Gary Rothenberg DPM, CDCES, CWS on Limb Salvage
On this episode of Limb Watch, Dr. G speaks with Dr. Gary Rothenberg DPM, CDCES, CWS about limb preservation, diabetic foot care, wound healing, and vascular health. Dr. Rothenberg discuss the root ro...
27 Maj 43min
Nitroglycerin Paste: The Tiny Rescue That Reopens Blood Flow
In this episode of Diabetic Fit Files, Dr. G explains how topical nitroglycerin paste works as a vasodilator to improve microcirculation and rescue threatened skin flaps, ischemic digits, and compromi...
26 Maj 16min
System Sundays: NO GUTS, NO GLORY: Microbiome, Diabetes, and Wound Healing
This episode explains how the gut microbiome — an internal ecosystem of bacteria, fungi, and viruses — regulates inflammation, immunity, metabolism, and wound healing, and how diabetes disrupts that b...
24 Maj 26min
Salvage Saturdays; Sound Waves That Heal: Shockwave Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
On this episode of Salvage Saturdays, Dr. G explores extracorporeal shockwave therapy — the use of focused sound waves to stimulate healing in diabetic foot ulcers. We review its history from lithotri...
23 Maj 23min
Forgotten Infection Friday: Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Patient
Case study of a 58-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (A1C 12.4) who developed a rapidly progressive left foot ulcer after stepping on a nail. Despite antibiotics, the wound became black, ...
22 Maj 21min
