(Repost - Original posting on August 6, 2012)

Medicine has gold standards for treatment that are supposed to provide patients with the proper care that will get them the best possible outcome.  However, not everybody with the same illnesses will have access to the same treatment.  This is what is meant by the term "Discrepancies in Healthcare."  Working at two different hospitals with two very different patient populations, I've been able to see how healthcare discrepancies effect patients.  I will share some of the experiences I've had and use a prime example of how drastic patient outcomes can be. 

 MEDICAL TERM OF THE PODCAST: Peripheral Neuropathy (Diabetic Neuropathy) ~ A degradation of peripheral nerves that causes one to lose feeling in extremities ~ If you can’t feel a wound, you don’t know that you may have a wound ~Wounds can turn into ulcers, leading to bad infections or even sepsis ~ Believe it or not, the patient didn’t feel this http://www.daviddarling.info/images/diabetic_neuropathy.jpg ***GRAPHIC***

 

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