How Diabetics can Prevent Foot Amputations: Seven Cold-Weather Tips
The Life Support Technologies group (LST) works with diabetics in its northeastern U.S. hospital-based Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine units to cure non-healing wounds and prevent amputations. Severe cold weather poses a unique challenge to those living with diabetes; these seven tips, if followed, will help prevent diabetics from having their feet amputated.