Texoma Living Well Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 35

Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers with HBOT Courtesy Texoma Medical Center T he American Diabetes Association reports that more than 29 million Americans have diabetes. And many diabetics suffer from lower extremity wounds like foot ulcers. In fact, about 15% of diabetics develop foot ulcers as a result of the disease. These wounds land about 6% of patients in the hospital