In the episode My Favorite Mistake, Christina decides to amputate the gentleman's foot -- but she didn't consider another alternative (hyperbaric oxygen treatment). Please be careful of people who say hyperbaric oxygen is a cure-all -- because it's not (more rigorous research is needed). But I wanted to share this information as a possible consideration.
References:
1) "[hyperbaric oxygen] might have a role in reducing the risk of major amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers."
Non-surgical and drug treatments. From the British Medical Journal 2006;332;900-903
2) Hyperbaric Oxygenation Accelerates the
Healing Rate of Nonischemic Chronic
Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Diabetes Care 26:2378--2382, 2003
General idea behind these health videos:
I'm a first year medical student here at the U.S.. Every day, I'm learning exciting and critical topics on medicine and health. But too often, the things I'm learning about never reach the public.
I wanted to try an experiment -- sharing health information on youtube, with the sole purpose of trying to get more important health information to you all. Unlike some of the other health videos out there, mine are not about promoting a book, a diet, a pill, an agenda. I hope to answer your questions either through e-mail or through the video updates -- please, please, (please!) e-mail me any questions and I will try my best to answer them by asking my professors and by citing credibles sources (JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, etc...)
e-mail:
unitedstatesmedicalstudent@gma il.com
I hope this experiment works -- and if it fails, I hope someone sees these videos, says, "hmmm, these are bad videos, but I love the idea," and decides to go for it.
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P.S. I wanted to point out something important: I'm just a medical student, so my posts are hopefully conversation starters, but only conversation starters — not medical advice. If my posts intrigue you, please read more about the topic and discuss about it with your doctor. I'd be happy to send you the information in the journal articles I talk about. Also, the opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of Harvard Medical School, its affiliated institutions, or Harvard University. Best wishes!
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