Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment — Hernando & Southaven, MS
Specialized treatment for diabetic foot ulcers — debridement, advanced dressings, offloading, and infection control to heal wounds and prevent amputation.
Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the leading causes of hospital admission and lower-extremity amputation. Early, focused care dramatically improves healing rates and reduces complications.
Foot Health Centers treats diabetic foot ulcers in our Hernando and Southaven offices using a structured wound care protocol: weekly debridement, advanced dressings, offloading footwear or casts, infection control, and coordination with your primary care or endocrinology team.
If you have diabetes and any open wound on your foot, please call us the same day. Delays in diabetic wound care lead to deeper infections, bone involvement, and avoidable amputations.
- Sharp wound debridement
- Advanced wound dressings (collagen, alginate, foam, antimicrobial)
- Offloading: total contact casting, post-op shoes, custom inserts
- Infection management and culture-directed antibiotics
- Diabetic shoes and protective footwear
- Coordination with primary care, endocrinology & vascular specialists
- Surgical wound care when conservative care isn't enough
- Amputation prevention protocols
- Any open sore, blister, or crack on the foot in a person with diabetes
- Drainage, pus, or odor from a foot wound
- Redness, warmth, or swelling spreading beyond the wound
- Black, brown, or yellow tissue in or around the wound
- Fever or chills with a foot wound
- A wound that has not begun healing in two weeks
- Spreading redness, warmth, or swelling
- Fever, chills, or feeling generally unwell
- Foul odor or heavy drainage from the wound
- Black or dark tissue (possible gangrene)
- Blood sugars suddenly hard to control
- Wound exposes bone or tendon
Frequently asked questions
How long does a diabetic foot ulcer take to heal?
Most uncomplicated diabetic foot ulcers heal within 6–12 weeks with consistent debridement, appropriate dressings, and strict offloading. Larger or infected wounds, or wounds in patients with poor circulation, can take longer and may need vascular evaluation.
Do I need to stay off my foot?
Yes. Offloading is the single most important factor in healing a diabetic foot ulcer. We provide post-op shoes, custom inserts, or total contact casting as needed. Continuing to walk on an unprotected ulcer is the most common reason wounds fail to heal.
How often will I be seen?
Most diabetic ulcers are seen weekly for debridement and dressing changes until the wound is closed, then less often for maintenance and protective footwear.
Will I need antibiotics?
Only if there are signs of infection. We do not routinely prescribe antibiotics for clean diabetic ulcers. When infection is suspected we obtain cultures and start culture-directed antibiotics.
Can a diabetic foot ulcer be treated without surgery?
Most diabetic foot ulcers heal without surgery using debridement, dressings, and offloading. Surgery may be needed for deep infection, dead tissue, bone infection, or to correct the underlying pressure point. Call 662-449-3663 for evaluation.
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Foot Health Centers
Hernando, MS 38632
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Southaven, MS 38671
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Same-week appointments usually available for new or non-healing wounds.
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