Royal Wounds Series : Was King Henry VIII Diabetic?
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Royal Wounds Series : Was King Henry VIII Diabetic?
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In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G opens the mini-series "Royal Wounds" by asking whether King Henry VIII’s notorious, years-long lower-leg wounds were due to diabetes, venous disease, or a mixed cause. Using historical accounts of his obesity, post-jousting trauma, chronic swelling, foul drainage, and fluctuating pain, the episode argues that his wounds most closely match chronic venous or mixed-etiology ulcers worsened by metabolic dysfunction.
The episode also outlines how modern clinicians would evaluate and treat such wounds—vascular studies, glucose control, compression, debridement, and multidisciplinary care—and emphasizes that correct diagnosis, not status or money, is what heals chronic wounds.
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