6 out of 10 diabetic foot ulcers leading to referral are caught by patients, not doctors!

Important work from multiple friends and colleagues from across the EU show that patients were more likely than physicians to identify potentially limb threatening wounds when presenting for primary care visits.

The key message: when visiting your doctor, knock your socks off!

J Wound Care. 2019 Aug 1;28(Sup8):S4-S14. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2019.28.Sup8.S4.
— Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/31393783/

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