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Foot thermometers advised for diabetics on Sat 15 Dec 2007, 11:39 am
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Diabetics might avert crippling foot infections by daily monitoring the temperature of their feet, a U.S. doctor suggests.
Lead study author Dr. David Armstrong of the Rosalind Franklin's Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, in Chicago, conducted a trial that shows patients checking skin temperature were three times less likely to develop ulcers compared to those in the standard therapy group instructed to visually inspect their feet.
"A wound will heat up before the skin breaks down," Armstrong says in a statement. "You can detect infection by checking one foot compared to another foot, one toe compared to another toe."
Armstrong says he hopes checking skin temperature -- dermal thermometry -- becomes the norm. The instrument used in the clinical trial is the wand-like TempTouch, costing about $150. Armstrong began carrying a thermometer to help prevent foot ulcers in his patients 15 years ago as a medical student and resident.
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Lead study author Dr. David Armstrong of the Rosalind Franklin's Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, in Chicago, conducted a trial that shows patients checking skin temperature were three times less likely to develop ulcers compared to those in the standard therapy group instructed to visually inspect their feet.
"A wound will heat up before the skin breaks down," Armstrong says in a statement. "You can detect infection by checking one foot compared to another foot, one toe compared to another toe."
Armstrong says he hopes checking skin temperature -- dermal thermometry -- becomes the norm. The instrument used in the clinical trial is the wand-like TempTouch, costing about $150. Armstrong began carrying a thermometer to help prevent foot ulcers in his patients 15 years ago as a medical student and resident.
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