title: The impact of diabetes on the lower limb. Give diabetes an inch and it will take a foot.
abstract: The author describes the role of vascular disease, neuropathy, trauma, and impaired inflammatory response and wound healing in the pathogenesis of foot disease. He discusses the general principles of management. Important management issues are highlighted including the need to look at the feet, to teach the diabetic how to care for them and how to get appropriate advice.
authors.affiliation: St Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Victoria.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lording
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans