Rosamund James BSc(Hons) MRCPod-Podiatrist Many people with diabetes say, “I have poor circulation”. They could mean that they have varicose veins/venous insufficiency, or they mean they have reduced blood flow to the feet, known as peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Both…
(From the 2010 Diabetes Today Edition) By Simone McConnie, BSC Pod Med (UK) Podiatrist in private practice, Barbados As a rule we grow up knowing that when something hurts we know something is wrong. But with diabetes this is not…
(From the 2011 Diabetes Today Edition) When it comes to Diabetes, the main objective of podiatrist Simone McConnie, Chief Operating Officer of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation is to reduce Barbados’ high amputee rate through the Step-by-Step Diabetes Foot Care Project…
Press Feature by Shamkoe Pilé Abandoning the idea of using an old-time remedy of raw salt-fish skin and onion to heal a “nail-jook” in her big toe, Yvonne Shallow, a 55-year-old security supervisor and a type-two diabetic, said, “I am…
