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This is the question for module 11, not sure what the title would be.

Maybe Ulcer case study? A 60 year- old female patient presents in clinic with a suspected ulcer on her left big toe. She reveals that she is a type II diabetic and has been for over 15 years. She complains of having cold, painful feet. Upon examination, the patient has very cold, very red feet. Her big toe is especially swollen, with an area of blackened callus on the tip overlying a suspected ulcer. The toe is very painful. The patient recently went to her diabetic nurse who suspects that she may have osteomyelitis in the distal phalanx of her left hallux. Be sure to include in your answer: What tests would be carried out, why they would be done and what the results indicate. What the treatment options for this patient would be. Recognition of osteomyelitis. To whom and when they would be referred.

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