Robert G Smith, DPM, MSc, RPh, CPRS
A 48-year-old male returns to the outpatient podiatry clinic seven months after initial evaluation of a plantar ulcer beneath the second metatarsal head of his right foot. During the subjective interview, he explains that he waited to come back to the clinic until his foot sore was “healed”. He feels his “sugar diabetes” is better because his “hemoglobin sugar” is now 11 mg/dL down from 12.9 mg/dL. He admits to smoking one pack of cigarettes per day and … read more