What's the difference between chiropodist and chiropody?

Chiropodist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Doctor, nurse, chiropodist, dietitian, clerical officer, building and stationery costs were included in the evaluation.
  • (2) Advice and assessment from the following specialists need to be built into the treatment plan: dietitian, competent fundoscopist (eg optometrist, general practitioner, hospital specialist depending upon local circumstances), chiropodist, diabetes education nurse and diabetes nurse specialist.
  • (3) Unmet demand was mostly for chiropodists, bath attendants and physiotherapists.
  • (4) Questionnaires were sent to 327 chiropodists and 168 replies were received.
  • (5) This procedure has been common practice among chiropodists for 20 years, usually using phenol in the United Kingdom, and sodium hydroxide in the United States.
  • (6) Coordination group patients were more likely to have seen a chiropodist and their carers were more likely to contact a specialist nurse in a night time emergency.
  • (7) Although numbers of chiropodists in Canada are limited, their role is being increasingly recognized in maintaining or restoring mobility, and also their place in the community health team.
  • (8) The chiropodist (or podiatrist) is a health professional specializing in the treatment of conditions of the foot.
  • (9) This survey was carried out in response to anxiety among chiropodists as earlier reports had raised the possibility of respiratory damage as a result of sensitization to trichophytons.
  • (10) Optimum care of the diabetic foot is provided in a diabetic foot clinic where the skills of chiropodist, shoe-fitter and nurse receive full support from physician and surgeon.
  • (11) A prospective study of 422 procedures for patients with ingrowing toenails (onychocryptosis) shows that good results are achieved by segmental chemical ablation performed by chiropodists in 91% of cases.
  • (12) It has brought together the skills of chiropodist, shoe-fitter, nurse, physician and surgeon to manage the distinctive lesions of the neuropathic and ischaemic diabetic foot.
  • (13) Yet with his John Major glasses, his middle-class waistline – neither too working-class wide, nor too patrician trim – his manner of a competent but slightly distracted chiropodist, and the support of a shrewdly distributed not-quite-40% of Canadian voters, he has projected throughout the first two years an air of quiet managerial competence.
  • (14) We believe that segmental chemical ablation by a chiropodist is the treatment of choice for the typical patient with an ingrowing toe nail.
  • (15) Living alone increased the likelihood of contact with one or more community health professionals (district nurses, health visitors, or chiropodists) considered as a group and also increased the likelihood of contact with social services as a whole.
  • (16) In doing so, many wished for involvement of opticians, chiropodists, and dietitians, and all wished to involve the practice nurse.
  • (17) The cost to the practice included family health services authority reimbursements and excluded the cost of the chiropodist and dietitian.
  • (18) An audit of one years' work at a voluntary health care service for the homeless involving doctors, a chiropodist, nurses and social workers was carried out.
  • (19) The design of appliances and treatment were carried out by the physiotherapist, the chiropodist, and the bioengineer.
  • (20) Of those found to have onychomycosis, 27% had sought advice from a chiropodist and less than 12% had consulted a specialist.

Chiropody


Definition:

  • (n.) The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have assessed foot problems of, and chiropody provision for, 96 people aged 80 years and over who were living at home.
  • (2) At present the provision of chiropody for old people is inadequate and ways of improving foot care must be found.
  • (3) Chiropody is therefore the mainstay of treatment and recurrence is prevented by redistribution of weight bearing forces by moulded insoles in special footwear.
  • (4) Essential aspects of management are specially constructed shoes, intensive chiropody and precise antibiotic treatment.
  • (5) The prevalence of symmetrically impaired distal vibration perception was 23%, and 54% of patients either needed or were receiving chiropody.
  • (6) When combined with palpation of peripheral pulses most patients at risk of foot ulceration can be identified allowing targeting of preventive chiropody and orthotic resources.
  • (7) In conclusion, despite the interest of most practices in starting a diabetic clinic, access to dietetic and chiropody services was inadequate.
  • (8) Of the elderly people interviewed, most had received medical care in the previous two months, and chiropody was the commonest supportive service used.
  • (9) Private chiropody tended to be performed in the home and was more frequent than National Health Service (NHS) treatment.
  • (10) Access to dietetic and chiropody services on the premises was available in 19 (41%) and 17 (37%) practices, respectively.
  • (11) The provision of physiotherapy and chiropody services is essential, especially for the participants' complaints, two-thirds of which affected the axial skeleton.
  • (12) A prototype system, which has now been extended, has been operational for some time covering the chiropody and school nursing staff groups.
  • (13) Trivial injuries of the foot, wounds (chiropody), bacterial or mycotic infections often lead to tissue defects in the form of a perforating ulcer (in which neuropathy predominates) or of gangrene (in which angiopathy predominates).
  • (14) Of the 47 people receiving chiropody, two-thirds were being seen privately.
  • (15) Fifteen subjects needed but were not having chiropody.
  • (16) Few elderly Asians were aware of social services, such as meals on wheels, home helps, social workers, and particularly chiropody.
  • (17) The performance of a simple glass bead sterilizer designed for use with hand held instruments such as in chiropody surgeries was studied and found to be generally within specification.
  • (18) The feet of 259 new patients at a chiropody clinic were examined for tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and erythrasma: 23% of men and 4% of women were infected by dermatophytes, and the nails of seven males were infected by non-dermatophytes.
  • (19) These results suggest that callus may act as a foreign body elevating plantar pressures and that a significant reduction in pressure is achieved by local chiropody treatment.
  • (20) Chiropodial care was less readily available in 1990 with 17% of respondents (compared with 11%) reporting a complete lack in the clinic.

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