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Foot Risk Category (No ulcer present)

Foot Risk Category | Wound Grade Category

Category: 0
Semmes Weinstein Test (10 grams): Intact
Foot Deformities: No
Prior Ulceration: No
Treatment:
  • Patient Education
  • Examine feet at each visit or 4/year
  • Repeat Semmes Weinstein Test each year
  • Soft Insoles - Plastazote,PPT, etc.
Category: 1
Semmes Weinstein Test (10 grams): Lost
Foot Deformities: No
Prior Ulceration: No
Treatment:
  • Patient Education
  • Teach patient to examine feet daily
  • Regular foot exam 2-3 times a year
Category: 2
Semmes Weinstein Test (10 grams): Lost
Foot Deformities: Yes
Prior Ulceration: No
Treatment:
  • Patient Education
  • Teach patient to examine feet
  • Regular foot exam 3-4 times a year for routine care of nails, corns and callus
  • Accomodative Insoles
  • Prescription footwear
  • Consider surgical removal of bone deformity.
Category: 3
Semmes Weinstein Test (10 grams): Lost
Foot Deformities: Yes
Prior Ulceration: Yes
Treatment:
  • Patient Education
  • Teach patient to examine feet daily
  • Regular foot exam every 1-2 months for routine care of nails, corns and callus
  • Accomodative Insoles
  • Perscription footwear
  • Vascular workup.
    Surgically correct deformities
If patient has signs of peripheral vascular disease they should be moved to the next category

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