Diabetes & Foot Care - Learn more at the Oswego Wound and Diabetes Clinic Wednesday 9-Noon

Do you have diabetes, a disease in which your body does not make enough insulin or when your body cannot use normal amounts of insulin properly? This causes a buildup of blood sugar in the body, which leads to health problems.

Often times, people with diabetes have poor circulation in their legs, which causes problems with their feet. Normal problems such as a cut, slight burn, ingrown toenail, callus, corn or blister are difficult to heal and can lead to more serious problems.

In long-term diabetes, blood circulation to and from the feet decreases, slowing the healing process for foot injuries. Because nerves in the feet may not work well, you may not feel small foot injuries and therefore you may fail to treat them properly.

Stick with your diabetic diet and take all your medicines, especially insulin as prescribed. Every time you go for a medical appointment make sure the doctor or nurse examines your feet. f you notice a cut or a possible infection, see your doctor immediately. Quick treatment can help prevent a serious infection.
Foot Care Do’s

• Check your feet daily for cuts, blisters, dryness
• Wash your feet daily with mild soap and dry
• If your feet are dry apply moisturizer
• If your feet perspire apply talcum powder
• Wear well fitting shoes and clean socks
• Keep toenails trimmed
• Never go barefoot

Foot Care Don’ts

• Don’t put hot water or heating pads on your feet
• Don’t soak your feet
• Don’t cut corns or calluses or use corn pads
• Don’t wear shoes that are tight or worn out
• Don’t wear tight socks that cut off circulation

Wound Care and Diabetes Clinic /Wednesdays 9:00-12:00

Oswego Clinic  620-795-2119

The Oswego Wound and Diabetes Clinic engages in a team approach directed by your primary care provider. 

Depending on your needs your primary care provider might refer you to one of our professional team members for further teaching and monitoring of your problems.

The professional team member that is working with you will provide you with specific teaching and develop needed goals.

Your professional team member will follow your progress and make changes to your treatment plan as needed.

Your professional team member will  be in constant discussions with your primary care provider.

You may be assigned to more than one professional team member depending on the areas of need.

Utilizing a team approach and teaching will better help you manage your wound care and diabetes concerns.

The team works with you to hopefully resolve the concerns or work towards an improvement to give you a better quality of life.

• Primary Care Physician
• Midlevel Practitioner
• Surgeon
• Podiatrist
• Dietician
• Wound Care Nurse
• Physical Therapist
• Respiratory Therapist
• Social worker

Laughter is Good Medicine

How do you actually reduce the levels of chronic stress in your body and enhance your lifespan, boost immune system function, protect your nervous system and your sanity, and give your endocrine system a much-needed rest? Fortunately there are several easy ways to do this. Let's start with the easiest one: laughter.

Laughter is a healing activity. You may have seen the movie called "Patch Adams," which is a movie about a real life doctor who still practices today and uses laughter as healing. He's quite correct in using laughter as a healing therapy, because it is one of the most healing activities in which you can engage.

Laughter operates on at least three different levels. They are the biophysical, the biochemical, and the bioenergetic levels.

Laughter moves lymph and oxygenates your organs
At the biophysical level, laughter moves lymph fluid around your body simply by the convulsions you experience during the process of laughing; so it boosts immune system function and helps clear out old, dead waste products from organs and tissues. Remember that your lymph system doesn't have a separate pump; your body needs to move around to properly circulate lymph fluid so that your immune system can carry out its natural functions. Laughter is a great way to support that.

Oswego Community Hospital is a family centered atmosphere.  While the hospital may be small in size it is very progressive in its thinking. The administration and management is constantly evaluating new services that can be provided to the community and the surrounding area. 

The home town, friendly environment works together with patients and their family to get the patients to their highest potential and return to their own home as soon as possible.