Royal Wounds: Royal Bleed: Alexei Romanov, Hemophilia, and an Empire in Peril
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files — Royal Wound Series, we examine Alexei Romanov's hemophilia B, tracing how an X‑linked clotting deficiency shaped his life and destabilized a dynasty. We explai...
5 Tammi 19min
Royal Wounds: Queen Victoria’s Case and the Calf Pump
This episode uses Queen Victoria as a clinical mirror to explain how immobility leads to venous hypertension, edema, skin breakdown, and chronic venous leg ulcers. It covers the classic triad—venous h...
4 Tammi 14min
Royal Wounds: King George III, Stress Biology, and Diabetic Foot Healing
This episode examines King George III's documented episodes of severe mental illness and modern re-evaluation (bipolar disorder vs porphyria), then connects the biology of stress—HPA axis, cortisol, a...
4 Tammi 20min
Royal Wounds: How Louis XIV's Anal Fistula Changed Surgery
This episode explores King Louis XIV's chronic infections, his catastrophic anal abscess and fistula, and the brutal pre-anesthesia surgery that ultimately saved him and advanced surgical practice acr...
30 Joulu 202518min
