This damage is particularly problematic for the feet, where impaired blood flow and nerve function can result in diabetes-related foot problems, collectively known as diabetic foot disease (DFD).
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Yip was born with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which causes the progressive loss of muscle tissue and touch. As a child, she had to wear an ankle foot brace, leading to people staring at her on ...
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Addressing the complex pains of rheumatic disease remains an ongoing ... in a relatively insensate foot. Foot fractures and bone dislocations are a risk in Charcot arthropathy, and pain occurs ...
At age 10, he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a hereditary neurological ... Instead, Maclay — who was born with a club foot and had surgery at only eight months old — was ...