A woman felt aches and pains in foot, and then needed both her legs amputated. Samantha Wyles from Coalville, North West Leicestershire, lost both her legs after she contracted a condition which ...
High cholesterol refers to an excess of a waxy substance in your blood. This can lead to serious complications such as heart attacks and peripheral artery disease (PAD) when these deposits block ...
Jose Samano faced a dire situation with a severe foot infection and peripheral vascular disease which led multiple surgeons to suggest leg amputation. However, Dr. Tyler Coye, a foot surgeon at Baylor ...
A woman who fought to have her left leg amputated says her remaining leg is now paralysed following the operation. Jess Laughton, 24, has a syndrome which means if "someone just blew" on her foot ...
About 50% of patients with diabetic foot infections who have foot amputations die within five years. Properly managed most can be cured, but many patients needlessly undergo amputations because of ...
He has previously needed to take six months off work because of a foot ulcer. It got so bad that he had his big toe amputated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. But after the wound would ...
A Englishwoman who became a double-amputee has asked for greater support for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) sufferers.