EPISODE · Oct 10, 2025 · 13 MIN
Forgotten Feet: Diabetes Behind Bars/The Incarcerated
from Diabetic Foot Files · host Diabetic Foot Files
Dr. G (Woon Picasso) exposes the hidden crisis of diabetic foot disease in prisons: its prevalence, the resource and policy barriers that lead to missed checks and preventable amputations, and the moral and legal imperative to provide care. The episode outlines practical, low-cost prevention and treatment steps—intake screening, annual and monthly checks, proper footwear, telemedicine, wound kits, offloading, and urgent referral pathways—urging nonjudgmental, consistent care to save limbs and lives.
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Dr. G (Woon Picasso) exposes the hidden crisis of diabetic foot disease in prisons: its prevalence, the resource and policy barriers that lead to missed checks and preventable amputations, and the moral and legal imperative to provide care.The episode outlines practical, low-cost prevention and treatment steps—intake screening, annual and monthly checks, proper footwear, telemedicine, wound kits, offloading, and urgent referral pathways—urging nonjudgmental, consistent care to save limbs and lives.
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Forgotten Feet: Diabetes Behind Bars/The Incarcerated
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