title: Diabetes, damp casts, and hair dryers are not a good combination.
abstract: Second- and third-degree burns of the toes resulted when a 69-year-old man with Charcot foot and a recent fractured ankle followed the advice of his local podiatrist. The man got his fiberglass cast wet while showering and was told to dry his cast using the low setting on a blow dryer. The following presents a literature review of cast drying, hair dryers, and this unfortunate man's case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Wilmington VA Medical Center, Wilmington, DE 19805, USA. bernardine.henderson@va.gov
authors.forename: Bernardine C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: G Reid
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Conley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D014034:Toes / Q000293:injuries*