Wound Healing Awareness Month: Celebrating the Body’s Repair Crew

June is Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM)! Join us in raising awareness, advancing education, and improving outcomes for patients with wounds—because every wound deserves the chance to heal. Celebrate Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM) this June with the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM) and take the next step in your wound care career with 25% off your first certification application- https://abwmcertified.org/promo/

Welcome to Wound Healing Awareness Month — a celebration of the body’s ability to repair itself and the people who make healing possible.Diabetic foot ulcers are complex and often reflect deeper issues like neuropathy, poor circulation, and immune dysfunction.

Early care, proper offloading, and teamwork among podiatrists, vascular surgeons, nurses, and caregivers improve outcomes.Sharp debridement and personalized wound treatments can unlock rapid healing when applied correctly.Nutrition, blood sugar control, and smoking cessation are essential ingredients for successful wound repair. Prevention matters — daily foot checks, proper footwear, and early attention to calluses or blisters save limbs.Emerging innovations like cellular therapy, skin substitutes, negative pressure, and AI are transforming wound care.Healing is both medical and personal — patience, trust, and caregiver support make a real difference.

Every healed limb represents a team that refused to quit and a patient who kept showing up for care. If you have a wound, seek help early — every day counts toward saving a limb and restoring life.

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The Hidden Thief: How Dehydration Stops Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing

This episode explains how chronic dehydration—often overlooked in diabetic patients—slows blood flow, reduces oxygen and nutrient delivery, and stalls cellular repair, turning otherwise manageable foo...

7 Kesä 28min

Why Vaseline Can Be Dangerous for Diabetic Feet

This episode explains what Vaseline (petroleum jelly) does: it is an occlusive that seals moisture in but does not hydrate. It can soften intact dry skin but is unsafe for diabetic ulcers, macerated o...

6 Kesä 24min

LIMBWatch Series: Stephanie Stellini - Turner PAC, CWS- Inside Life-Saving Reconstructive Surgery with Stephanie Stellini Turner

In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files — Limb Watch Edition, Stephanie Stellini Turner, a surgical physician assistant at Christiana Care, discusses the realities of reconstructive and limb salvage ca...

4 Kesä 51min

Sunshine Medicine: How Vitamin D Heals Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Dr.G explores how vitamin D — produced by sunlight and acting like a hormone — impacts diabetic foot healing. He covers its roles in immune regulation, antimicrobial peptide production, inflammation c...

3 Kesä 25min

Why Your Wound VAC Hurts: The Hidden Pain Behind Healing

Dr. G explains why negative pressure wound therapy (wound VAC) can cause significant pain—covering foam adherence, nerve ingrowth, inflammation, and the four types of VAC-related pain. He highlights w...

2 Kesä 19min

Daptomycin: The Heavyweight Weapon Against Diabetic Foot MRSA

In this episode Dr. G explains daptomycin — a powerful cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic used for serious gram-positive infections like MRSA and VRE in diabetic foot disease. Learn how it works by depolar...

31 Touko 16min

A Single Drop Of Blood: Rouleaux Formation, Glycation, and the Hidden Causes of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

In this episode we follow a single drop of blood from a diabetic patient under the microscope to reveal how chronic high blood sugar alters red blood cells, white cells, platelets, plasma proteins, an...

30 Touko 23min