Ivan Bristow
Dissolving microneedles - the future of topical drug delivery?
One of the most convenient and safest ways to deliver medicine into the body is via the topical route, through the skin into the dermis...
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The Podiatric Dermatology Blog
Ivan Bristow
- Dec 5, 2022
- 6 min
Drilling holes in nails – getting to the root of the infection?
How can we improve cure rates when using topical antifungal nail treatments? Published work suggests nail fenestration may help.
Ivan Bristow
- Nov 8, 2022
- 4 min
Is susceptibility to tinea genetic?
With increasing DNA analysis technology, can we unravel the mystery of tinea? Is susceptibility genetic? This blog looks at recent work.
Ivan Bristow
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
How useful is zinc in wart treatment?
This blog documents a recent systematic review of zinc in the treatment of warts.
Ivan Bristow
- Oct 10, 2022
- 3 min
What’s your patient hiding from you?
Tinea incognito a term for an unrecognised fungal skin infection occurring after topical steroid use.
Ivan Bristow
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Assessing Progress in Onychomycosis
The OSI is a simple clinical tool to quantify and measure the extent of nail involvement in onychomycosis. This video explains how it works.
Ivan Bristow
- Jun 1, 2022
- 5 min
Onychomycosis in children
Onychomycosis in children is an unusual finding. This blog looks at what we know about it.
Ivan Bristow
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Pseudomonal Chloronychia - Green nails
Green nails are a sign of Pseudomonas infection. This article looks at its presentation and management.
Ivan Bristow
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
When should you suspect immunodeficiency in a patient with warts?
Warts and verrucae are a common clinical problem. For patients with persistent lesions at what point do we consider them recalcitrant?...
Ivan Bristow
- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
Swift Microwave : six years on
It has been six years since the Swift microwave unit was launched in the United Kingdom, marketed to podiatrists in the treatment of...
Ivan Bristow
- Jan 22, 2022
- 6 min
COVID Toes - January 2022 Update
It’s been a while since I published any updates from the literature on this evolving topic. In the latter part of this year, there have...
Ivan Bristow
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
The growing problem of dermatophyte resistance
For many years fungal skin infection, particularly tinea pedis has been a very common pathology which when diagnosed, was considered...
Ivan Bristow
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
Deciphering the fungal code
Thsi articles summarises some of the recent discoveries around fungal virulence amongst dermatophytes.
Ivan Bristow
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
Drug Developments in Onychomycosis
It has been a while since any new drugs have entered the market indicated for the treatment of onychomycosis. In an earlier blog I...
Ivan Bristow
- May 5
- 3 min
150 blogs and counting.....
In early 2016, I began work on a website which would later evolve into www.foot.expert. It was never intended to be what it is today, but...
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Ivan Bristow
- May 5
- 3 min
Dermoscopy & acral melanoma. Keep it BRAAF please.
Acral melanoma is something which worries every podiatrist – a rare malignancy but one not to be missed as timely diagnosis can reduce...
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