I’m new to this newsgroup, and inquiring for my Mom. She’s been a Type
II diabetic for years, and has pretty well kept it under control. This
summer, though, she broke a bone in her foot–3 months later, she broke
the one next to it. Each broke easily–digging in the garden, and
stepping on a sprinkler. IT’s been nearly 7 months, and the bones
haven’t healed yet. The doctor told her today that she may have
"Sharko’s"sp? Disease, and that it is caused by diabetes. She’s to stay
on that funny-looking "shoe" thing for 3 more weeks, then I guess he’ll
evaluate further.
Have any of you ever heard of this? If so, we’d like to know more about
it.
Thank you,
Carolyn Burton
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>I’m new to this newsgroup, and inquiring for my Mom. She’s been a Type
>II diabetic for years, and has pretty well kept it under control. This
>summer, though, she broke a bone in her foot–3 months later, she broke
>the one next to it. Each broke easily–digging in the garden, and
>stepping on a sprinkler. IT’s been nearly 7 months, and the bones
>haven’t healed yet. The doctor told her today that she may have
>"Sharko’s"sp? Disease, and that it is caused by diabetes. She’s to stay
>on that funny-looking "shoe" thing for 3 more weeks, then I guess he’ll
>evaluate further.
>Have any of you ever heard of this? If so, we’d like to know more about
>it.
>Thank you,
>Carolyn Burton
Carolyn,
Sharko is spelled "Charcot" named from the Frenchman who discovered it. It
is a condition of the foot caused by diabetes. It involves nueropathy. I’ve
had the condition for about 7 months now. If you’d like more info, e-mail me
and I’ll tell you what all I know about it.
Tom Reid (tomr…@iglou.com)
Hiya,
It’s called Charcot Joint (hope I have the spelling right), but I
have it. I broke my toes and the joint began to form. Actually I broke
all the toes on one foot and didn’t even know it. The neuropathy in the foot
keeps us from knowing we broke it and then it gets fractured again (and
maybe again) from us walking on it. It tries to heal itself but since
we’re still walking on it, it can’t…and the joint forms. This might be
a simplistic explanation but it’s what I got from the article I read.
I’m in a cast to protect my skin more than to protect the foot.
I have to go to the doc every week so he can make sure there aren’t any
injuries to my skin (he doesn’t want any ulcers to form).
The article I read says that it should be treated by immobilization
(a cast), and no stress placed on the foot (I would guess that means using
a cane or crutches)
I went to the emergency room because I twisted my ankle and my foot
was swollen. When the x-ray technician came out with my x-rays she said
she had never seen anyone with a foot as fractured as mine and the person
still walking on it. The neuropathy kept me from feeling the pain.
Hope this helps.
Belver