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Epsoms salt alternative
Topic Started: Feb 20 2017, 06:45 PM (350 Views)
Newpianoplayer
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I'm diabetic and have an ugly blister on my big toe, right foot. I've been soaking the foot in Epsoms salt and using Polysporin with bandages. I've used up all of my Epsoms Salt. Is there an alternative soak to use until I can buy some more Epsoms Salt tomorrow.
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Edited to Add: Below are comments that make better sense for you than what I posted here. You asked for substitutes for Epsom Salts, so that's what these are. I'm not a professional like them. I'm leaving this information FWIW, but maybe you should follow what they say instead.
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MayoClinic.com recommends a :rightarrow: sea salt :leftarrow: bath as an effective substitute for Epsom salt to remove the scaly skin and irritation associated with psoriasis. Sea salts are considered much less irritating to the skin than many commercial soaps. A 2005 study conducted by University of Kiel's Department of Dermatology in Germany concluded that the magnesium in Dead Sea salts improves skin hydration and soothes skin irritations while boosting the skin barrier's ability to repair itself. Several varieties of sea salt are available, from the traditional kind derived from the Dead Sea to colorful salts collected from Hawaii, India and France.

:rightarrow: Simple table salt :leftarrow: contains many of the same therapeutic values as sea salt and Epsom salt, notes author Kathi Keville in her book "Herbs for Health and Healing." Her bath salts formula combines ½ cup table salt with 1 tbsp. each borax and baking soda.

Add 1 to 2 cups apple cider or white vinegar to a warm bath.

Oatmeal, barley and bran are the most frequently used soaking grains for soothing irritated, dry skin, notes Natural beauty author Dina Falconi in her book "Earthly Bodies and Heavenly Hair." Add 2 cups finely ground grains to bathtub to heal conditions like eczema, psoriasis, dry skin and chapped skin.


Edited by Catseye3, Feb 21 2017, 05:46 AM.
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blondie
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Where did you get the advice to soak your foot, and with Epson salts?

Is this a "diabetic blister" or did you rub or bump yourself? Do you get these often?

My advice (as a retired RN, & someone who had a diabetic dad with foot problems): Call your diabetic help line or your 24/7 hospital help line! Until you get professional advice, I'd kill any soaks. Keep that blister intact, dry; use a dab of polysporin; keep it covered with a sterile gauze pad, loose sock/thin sock or no sock, no shoe if you can, and don't bump or risk popping it. Infection, as you know, is a bad thing.
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I would think that soaking your feet would dry out your skin, which is something you don't want when you're diabetic.

I agree with my fellow RN; contact your local diabetic helpline.
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I see my Podiatrist tomorrow am. I'll report back on his soaking instructions.
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Saw the Foot Doc this morning.
He said the toe didn’t look good. He started a topical antibiotic. He felt I should have been on it from day one.
He said soaking is yeah or nay depending on how you feel about doing it. (odd) He bandaged it up and said to come back in 2 months.
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You're a diabetic, you have an infection in your foot, and the doc said come back in two months?
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Feb 22 2017, 03:32 PM
You're a diabetic, you have an infection in your foot, and the doc said come back in two months?
I'd find another doc.

Wound care in diabetics ain't nothing to fool around with...
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I'm calling tomorrow to verify if it was 2 months or 2 weeks
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Feb 22 2017, 03:41 PM
I'd find another doc.
Uh huh...if you can.
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Feb 22 2017, 03:45 PM
Jolly
Feb 22 2017, 03:41 PM
I'd find another doc.
Uh huh...if you can.
Sad, but true.
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blondie
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Just go to Emerg. You're a diabetic with a foot infection. Enough said. Let them do the referrals to the right doctors & nurses.
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Went to the Emerg today. My Podiatrist staffs the emerg at this hospital. I 'm seeing him again Mar 1.
Saw my family doc today. He's still not happy. I think the toe looks good. There is now a scab over where the blister was. There isn't any redness. The toe is skin coloured. I'm just continuing on applying the antibiotic ( Flamazine ). I don't know what else to do.



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Newpianoplayer
Feb 24 2017, 04:53 PM
Went to the Emerg today. My Podiatrist staffs the emerg at this hospital. I 'm seeing him again Mar 1.
Saw my family doc today. He's still not happy. I think the toe looks good. There is now a scab over where the blister was. There isn't any redness. The toe is skin coloured. I'm just continuing on applying the antibiotic ( Flamazine ). I don't know what else to do.





What's he unhappy about?
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He believes I could end up with an ulcer. He's referred me for a circulation test
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I'm hoping Blondie sees this and can help you. I'm not qualified, and I fear to give you bad advice.
"I shall now begin to speak of purple, which exceeds all the colors that have so far been mentioned both in costliness and in the superiority of its delightful effect." -- Vitruvius, De architectura, 1st century BC.
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blondie
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I was never a diabetic foot care nurse. I did work in nursing homes before being an RN, but did paediatrics afterwards. I'd family members with pooly controlled diabetes with foot then limb problems. Your family doctor is looking out for the long term for you. This is a good thing. He's the one to hook you up with diabetes specialists. This is also a good thing. See these people. Everything you do now controlling your blood sugars, avoiding infection, helps healing and preserving the circulation and nerve supply to your toes and lower limbs. What are seemingly minor blisters for most of us can quickly become big problems for diabetics. Lots of us develop diabetes. My guess is for the Flamazine to help build that scab, for preserving skin tissues under & around that blister. I'm really glad you saw these people NPP. :)
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I saw the foot doc today. Finally he was pleased with the toe’s progress.. It’s a little pink but he said that is from the antibiotic.
He said you had a crater there, now there is just some scab.
It could still become infected so stay on top of the creams and antibiotics.
Come back in May.
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I echo everything blondie says, NP. I've seen a small foot infection do very bad things to a diabetic parent. Take good care of yourself, ok? :hug:
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