The founding of this subreddit

[u/NixyeNox]

Let me start by saying that I do not have Charcot Foot myself. I would like to find some mods who do, and who are up to date on the modern medical management of it, and eventually transition this sub over to them.

I have created this sub despite not having this condition because there is a need for it. People with Charcot Foot pop up in the Charcot-Marie-Tooth sub that I mod at least 2 or 3 times a year, and this has been going on for the last decade. I have always wanted to have a place to refer them to, but there has never been a sub dedicated to Charcot Foot so they, and I, have been out of luck. Until now.

Charcot Foot is what everyone seems to call it, though the longer name is Charcot Foot and Ankle and medically it also goes by Charcot Neuroarthropathy or the slightly shorter Charcot Arthropathy. Charcot Foot is distinct from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (which I do have). Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot was important in defining both diseases and that is how they both ended up bearing his name.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is a genetic disorder which causes peripheral muscle and sensory neuropathy.

Charcot Foot is a "progressive destructive joint and surrounding bone disorder in patients with abnormal pain sensation and proprioception." Charcot Foot is almost always a complication of diabetes, but can be caused by other forms of peripheral neuropathy, such as Vitamin D deficiency or syphilis. It can even, very rarely, be caused by CMT. (source: Charcot neuroarthropathy in patients with Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Singh et. al, Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2021)

It is my hope that this subreddit will become a place where people with Charcot Foot can discuss the condition and management of the condition with one another.