Untreated foot ulcers can lead to tissue removal and have a higher mortality risk than cancer after five years. — Whalespan
Untreated foot ulcers can lead to tissue removal and have a higher mortality risk than cancer after five years.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Well, it's a really big problem because often you can't make these heal. And then what David does and all these other surgeons is to cut around that scabby site. And it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger. And eventually you've just got this open wound. Next thing you have to do is cut the foot off. And then you keep cutting and cutting. I think after about five years of getting one of these big ulcers, you are almost certainly going to die. It's worse than getting a cancer diagnosis.”