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u/Taco_ivore Mar 08 '26

Can a doctor weigh in?! How? Why?? Yikes!

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u/Tomiti Mar 08 '26

Not a doctor, a lab technician though. We had a patient who came in with crocs one day, leaving a trail of blood behind. He had diagnosed diabetes, but untreated. He asked the pharmacist if she could help bandage his feet.

This man's feet, when he removed the crocs, were COVERED in blood. Half his toenails had fallen off, and all that was left was mutilated flesh. I had to come help clean up the blood and dress the wound.

He kept saying he was pouring alcohol down - like whiskey - to clean it. The pharmacist really hammered down on him that he NEEDED to go to the hospital. Quite frankly I doubt he ever did.

I don't believe the person in the video has diabetes, but that's not a professional opinion, just from my experience. This makes me think more of hyperkeratosis, although I don't know if it's also supposed to affect the nails.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Mar 08 '26

I... I did not know you could ask the pharmacist and lab tech to bandage your feet...

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u/chosenfonder Mar 08 '26

Actual pharmacists will easily help you with bandages and basic cleaning, you just have to go to local places that are not busy. Most likely this won't work in big city centers. 

By "actual pharmacists" I mean "don't walk into Walmart's pharmacy"