Wound care clinicians often face challenges when it comes to determining the etiology of diabetic foot ulcers and pressure ulcers. For example, when there is a wound on the foot, they go through a dilemma in finding out whether the wound is caused by pressure, diabetes mellitus (DM), ischemia, trauma, or a combination. If a patient is suffering from diabetes mellitus who is prone to develop a diabetic foot ulcer, may have something else. There is a great debate among wound care practitioners regarding DFUs and pressure injuries (PIs) on the feet of the patients in terms of their symptoms, causes, and treatment. The lack of etiology and increased confusion in differentiating between these two types of foot ulcers can cause errors in diagnosis, leading to financial burden & disrupted daily life to the patients. Read more: https://woundcaresurgeons.mystrikingly.com/blog/how-to-differentiate-between-diabetic-foot-ulcers-and-pressure-injuries