When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Diabetic sock - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_sock

   People with diabetes have a greater chance of developing neuropathy, vascular disease, and infections, especially in the legs, so socks and footwear that reduce or eliminate pressures or hot spots is important. A diabetic sock is a non-restrictive, but close fitting sock which is designed to alleviate pressures on the foot or leg. [1]

3. Footwrap - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footwrap

   Prussian soldiers wore Fußlappen, foot cloths. An 1869 "Manual of Military Hygiene" advised: "Footwraps are appropriate in summer, but they must have no seams and be very carefully put on; clean and soft socks are better." [4] An 1867 German dictionary of proverbs records the following saying: "One's own footwrap is better than someone else's ...

4. Toe socks - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_socks

   Toe socks (also known as fingersocks, glove socks, 5-toe socks or digital socks) are socks that have been knitted so that each toe is individually encased the same way as fingers within a glove. All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from no-show style to anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.

5. Diabetic shoe - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_shoe

   Many diabetic shoes have velcro closures for ease of application and removal. Diabetic shoes (sometimes referred to as extra depth, therapeutic shoes or sugar shoes) are specially designed shoes, or shoe inserts, intended to reduce the risk of skin breakdown in diabetics with existing foot disease and relieve pressure to prevent diabetic foot ulcers.

6. Diabetic foot - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_foot

   Presence of several characteristic diabetic foot pathologies such as infection, diabetic foot ulcer and neuropathic osteoarthropathy is called diabetic foot syndrome. The resulting bone deformity is known as Charcot foot. Due to advanced peripheral nerve dysfunction associated with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy), patients' feet have a dryness ...

7. Gold Toe Brands - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Toe_Brands

   Vice-president Trish McHale intended to create affordable socks primarily for men. [5] [6] [4] Although its primary market is men's dress socks, Gold Toe Brands has expanded into other areas of the sock market. [2] In 1983, it added a line of women's socks, and in 1986, it began producing boys' socks. In 1992, the brand started making women's ...