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Ingrid Kruse, DPM
Podiatrist,
Clinical Instructor, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine
Staff, VA Medical Center San Diego
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Dr. Ingrid Kruse received her BS from Monmouth University (Summa Cum Laude) and her DPM from the Dr.William Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine (Cum Laude) in Chicago, IL. She trained at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School for her internship and surgical residency in Podiatry.
Since 1987, she has been working in numerous High Risk Diabetic Foot Clinics in San Diego, including at Kaiser Permanente, The Whittier Institute and the VA San Diego Medical Center.
Dr. Kruse has been a TCOYD faculty member since the very beginning, speaking at over 50 of TCOYD's conferences. She is a member of both the American Podiatric Medical Association and the American Diabetes Association.
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Ingrid Kruse, DPM
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 26, 2008
Atask as mundane as cutting your toenails can pose
a problem for some people, whether or not they have
diabetes. If you have visual impairment (from retinopathy
or another cause); or disabling arthritis in your hips or knees
preventing you from reaching your toes; or poor circulation;
or simply a midsection large enough to interfere with your
ability to reach your toes, cutting your nails can be a challenge!
Also, if you have some nerve damage from diabetes
(peripheral neuropathy), and your feet are numb as a result of
that, then it is really not a good idea to cut your own nails due
to the chance of unknowingly injuring yourself. In all these
above scenarios, it is much safer to seek professional help.
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