Advanced Diabetic Wound Care
Advanced Diabetic Wound Care at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters offers a complete range of diabetic foot care conducted by our expert vascular surgeons specialized in acute and chronic diabetic wounds. Multidisciplinary team supported by cutting-edge technology stands ready to provide effective treatment and rehabilitation planning designed by medical team, patients and relatives, enabling reduced chance of limb amputation while improving patient’s quality of life and restoring patient’s mobility.
OUR GOALS
- Minimizing the risk of lower limb amputation, such as foot, toe, and leg, caused by diabetes
- Effective control of blood sugar levels by a multidisciplinary team.
- Improving the patient’s quality of life
Diabetic foot health assessment and care
Holistic foot care for diabetic patients with peripheral artery disease, foot numbness, diabetic foot ulcers, wounds due to ingrown toenails that increase the risk of infections and foot deformity causing pain while walking with difficulty to find appropriate shoes.
- Promoting foot and toenail health by podiatrist and chiropodist in non-diabetic and diabetic patients, e.g. diabetic pedicure, toenail trimming and diabetic footwear.
- Comprehensive foot examination, e.g. inspection, assessment of pedal pulses and assessment for loss of protective sensation to minimize the risk of diabetic wounds.
Removal of ingrown toenails services
- Ingrown toenails can potentially cause infections and other serious complications. Some people might not be able to trim or cut these ingrown toenails themselves since they cannot fully reach toenails or they have an impaired vision.
- Removal of ingrown toenails services are conducted by experienced chiropodist using special trimming approach (wedge excision) to avoid surgery or nail avulsion in which the whole nail be fully removed. Ingrown toenail removal helps to reduce the risk of diabetic foot ulcers.
Thickening skin removal services
Neuropathy or nerve damage induced by diabetes impairs sensitivity, causing abnormal loading of the foot. This results in thickened skin, also called callus formation. To remove skin thickening on the foot or sole, nail clippers are not used as they can cause skin injury. Expert chiropodist uses chiropody podiatry nippers ingrown clippers together with skin removal technique to soften and make the skin thinner, enabling a healthier skin and comfortable feet.
