Every week I see patients who come to my office or to the ER saying the same sentence: “Doctor, it started as a tiny wound… and I used a home remedy someone recommended.” The problem is that, in the context of diabetic foot , many of those well-intentioned recommendations end up making the wound worse, favoring infections and increasing the risk of amputation . We know from scientific literature that: Between 4% and 10% of people with diabetes develop foot ulcers , and the lifetime risk of developing one can reach 25% . Around 85% of diabetes-related amputations are preceded by a foot ulcer . Approximately 56% of diabetic foot ulcers become infected , and many of those infections lead to hospitalization and surgery. With numbers like these, you can understand why I insist so much on avoiding certain “home remedies”. Below I’ll walk you through, step by step and in order , the main ones I see in practice and why you should NOT use them. 1. Lemon Juice Directly on t...