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Old 03-22-2025, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by blueash View Post
The Cleveland Clinic has a podiatric division. Hopefully those podiatrists work there have some idea of how a podiatrist should handle a patient and what conditions they are qualified to evaluate.

If I did not comprehend what you posted perhaps you didn't write clearly. You seemed to agree that the OPs DPM did exactly what should have been done. I would want my doctor to ask some questions and do an exam to r/o podiatric etiologies. Not just send me back to the internist until that minimum has been done.
And you have no idea if the DPM did or didn't do exactly that. I can do a thorough exam while "cutting nails" and the patient may not have a clue as to what I'm doing.

I don't announce "Now I'm checking your circulation, checking for signs of edema, etc, etc, etc. I just do it.

If I see a problem, THEN I'll discuss it with the patient.

Now, if you want to get into a p*ssing match", I suggest you do it elsewhere...
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