Posted on July 19, 2007 in Foot Problems
Charcot’s foot is a result of diabetic neuropathy wherein the foot’s ability to sense pain is usually lost or impaired. The foot muscles fail to support the foot correctly often resulting in sprains or stress fractures that most usually go undetected. This further leads to problems like laxity, dislocated joints, damaging of bone and cartilage and foot deformity.
Symptoms
- Affect part of the foot appears warmer than rest of the foot.
- Swelling or Redness may prevail
- There will be no pain usually although some people may experience pain
- Deformity starts to develop due to dislocation of joints
- Arch of the foot may collapse
- Diabetic foot ulcers may occur as a result of deformity.
- Ulcers may lead to Stoneflies or septic arthritis
Treatment
- Prevention of further joint destruction and foot deformity would help greatly.
- Take proper rest in order to treat Charcot’s foot.
- In some cases the foot is put in plaster to prevent further deformity and relieve pressure.
- Bisphosphonates are shown useful to manage Charcot’s foot.
- Use footwear specialized to treat Charcot’s foot
- Use Foot Orthoses to prevent the relapse of the deformity
- If deformity is severe, you can resort to surgery to reshape your deformed foot.
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