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Alternative Medicine: Potential Dangers for the Diabetic Foot
Author(s) -
Ewins D.L.,
Bakker K.,
Young M.J.,
Boulton A.J.M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1993.tb00017.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , peripheral neuropathy , foot (prosody) , diabetic foot , moxibustion , surgery , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , acupuncture , endocrinology , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Two patients with non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus and previously undiagnosed peripheral neuropathy consulted separate practitioners in alternative medicine with symptoms of painful cold feet. They both received the traditional Chinese therapy of moxibustion and subsequently developed painless ulceration at the sites of treatment on the feet and legs. These cases re‐emphasize the dangers of trauma to the neuropathic limb in patients with diabetes.