by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 11, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
My Father’s 2 year old baby brother died of tetanus in about 1929 after a minor cut to his foot. I’ve read about tetanus but thanks to modern vaccines, I’ve never seen a case. (If you want to read a chilling description of a death from tetanus, read about the death of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 6, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
I love practicing medicine because every day there is a mystery to ponder and I also hear great patient stories! The daughter of one of my patients is a remarkable woman whose amazing dog has been trained for search and rescue and as a “cadaver dog.” These are tough...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings
As a medical student, I remember being counseled by a very wise (and very brilliant) physician mentor about “therapeutic touch.” It might just be a pat on the arm – but he made a point to touch every patient he saw (naturally, in a socially appropriate way) even when...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 16, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
It happened again. L-arginine made me look foolish. I told the patient’s husband I didn’t think we could get this bone deep pressure injury to close without surgery. I kept doing office debridements, we used negative pressure wound therapy and an anti-biofilm agent....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 15, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
68-year-old with ulcers on the left medial ankle, which began after sclerotherapy with some sort of glue 10 weeks earlier. He has had multiple venous ablation procedures for recurrent venous leg ulcers over the past 15 years. I screened him for arterial disease with...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 14, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
A 78 year old woman presented with a left medial lower leg ulcer that had been present 12 weeks. She said she awoke one the morning with swelling of her left medial leg and some mild redness. She had no confirmed history of trauma. She was not on anticoagulants and...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 9, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
Lately there have been a lot of articles about clinician burnout. There are good reasons. The past 18 months have been tough for everyone. But a few days ago I saw a lovely patient whose wound had returned in an area of previous high-dose radiation. The reason it...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 1, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
Last week I had the honor of speaking at the 4th LympheHeroes Houston virtual meeting on the topic of “Lymphedema and Wound Care” – along with my friend and colleague Denise “Missy” Baylor, CLT. I talked about the taxonomy for skin changes in lymphedema which...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 24, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) in introducing the HBOT Access Act of 2021, a bill to make Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) an available resource for veterans...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 8, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
Lympha Press recently created monthly Lipedema & Lymphedema Patient Round Table Discussions featuring real patients’ inspiring testimonials and presentations from industry thought leaders like Dr. Karen Herbst. The webinars are free to patients and...
