Is it possible for a diabetic to remove a wart from his/her foot without going to a podiatrist?
If so, how can this be done?
WRS
Is the problem that it’s a specialist? Some general practitioners will do things like that as an office procedure. She definitely doesn’t want to fool around with her feet without close supervision, though. That could turn out very badly.
It would depend on whether the diabetic has neuropathy in the foot yet, or any history of other diabetic foot problems like ulcerations, claudication, or past surgeries.
I had one diabetic patient with bad neuropathy and loss of circulation a while back who just abraded the skin off the top of his toe, a spot barely 3 millimeters across. Despite aggressive care of the wound, it refused to heal, got infected, and now we’re contemplating whether the foot needs to come off.
In short, check with your diabetes doctor if you have any questions about using over-the-counter treatment on your own feet.
I really don’t recommend anyone shave or cut their own warts off; auto-surgery generally can’t be done deep and thorough enough to really eliminate the wart. But OTC salicylate preparations like Compound W and others are often a good approach for some.
Of course, one should be sure that it’s a wart they’re treating. I’ve seen a fair number of corns, and even some bunions, which had been treated as warts by their owners.
What the differences among warts, corns, and bunions? Do they look the same or different?
WRS
My grandmother is diabetic and had an ulcer on her leg that just would not heal even with antibiotics. Her doctor decided to try something unconventional - manuka honey applied to the ulcer. It had been on one of the current affairs shows here a few weeks before and was being touted as an effective natural treatment for infected wounds.
It worked and the ulcer healed within 2 weeks.
Here’s a cite: http://www.swedish.org/16352.cfm
I know we’re not supposed to give medical advice. So, this is NOT medical advice. Rather, it is generic information for anyone with diabetes:
Do not f*** with your feet!
The diabetic who tries to take a wart off of his foot, may wind up having his foot taken off of his leg!
Ah. Perhaps the massage may be, and I may be wrong, that the person in question should not try to do this him- or herself.
Well, the person in question is myself.
In thinking about it, my reason not to see a specialist is kind of stupid. I should know better.
Anyway, a year or so ago, I went to a podiatrist to remove something on the bottom of my foot. He idenitified it as a wart and began the removal process (acid stuff). This went on once a week for some time. He then announced that the wart was treated. I could still notice something was there, but since he was an expert, who was I to question his statement?
A few months later, the thing that was left over bloomed into a wart: so I can’t say it came back as it seems it really never went away. Plus now there are two small thingies nearby that may be miniwarts or something.
What’s the best plan of action? See a podiatrist (but someone other than the one I went to before)? Ask my GP to recommend a podiatrist he trusts? Ask my GP to handle it?
WRS
Oy gevalt.
I meant that the “message may be, blah blah blah.”
No one’s offered a massage, unfortunately.
WRS