Regional Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center,Inc.

Regional Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center,Inc. At RIDIC, our expert team specializes in complex infections, wound care, & obesity medicine. Your health journey matters experience the difference at RIDIC.

We deliver personalized, evidence-based treatments in a collaborative environment. Services: Infectious Diseases | Wound Care | Obesity Medicine | Clinical Research | Infusion Services | Fibro Scan | Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) | IV Antibiotic Therapy Monitoring | Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) | Chronic Care Management (CCM) | Sudomotor Testing/ Autonomic Neuropathy

01/17/2026

The core principle is simple: we do not ask patients to blindly trust any single dietary or therapeutic approach—we help them verify what works for their body using education, advanced tools, and objective tracking.
At Regional Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center,Inc. we guide patients through their healing journey by combining education with app-based, platform-driven monitoring. This approach empowers individuals to understand their data, take ownership of their decisions, and actively participate in their recovery—one patient at a time.
True healing happens when patients are informed, engaged, and supported with the right technology and clinical guidance. That is the Power of ONE in action.
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Diabetic Foot Disease: A Preventable Progression, Not an Acute EventMost non-traumatic amputations are not failures of s...
01/04/2026

Diabetic Foot Disease: A Preventable Progression, Not an Acute Event

Most non-traumatic amputations are not failures of surgery.
They are failures of early detection, education, and system design.

In daily practice, we see a predictable clinical trajectory:

🟢 Normal foot – intact skin, preserved sensation
🟠 Neuropathy – loss of protective sensation, silent repetitive injury
🔴 Foot ulcer – bacterial burden + ischemia + metabolic dysfunction
🔴⬛ Amputation – late, costly, and often preventable

This is not a sudden cascade.
It is a slow, visible progression that can be interrupted at every stage.

Key clinical realities we must acknowledge:

Neuropathy eliminates pain as a reliable warning signal

Patients present late because wounds are painless

Delayed referral dramatically worsens healing probability

Metabolic dysfunction is a wound toxin

Fragmented care accelerates limb loss

What actually reduces amputations:

Routine foot visualization at every visit (not just “annual exams”)

Early neuropathy identification and risk stratification

Patient education that is visual, repetitive, and actionable

Clear escalation thresholds for wounds, infection, and ischemia

Coordinated, multidisciplinary limb-salvage pathways

This visual risk ladder now sits in our exam rooms as a clinical tool—not marketing, not fear-based messaging, but shared situational awareness for patients and clinicians.

When patients understand trajectory, adherence improves.
When clinicians on early action, outcomes change.

Amputation prevention is not heroic care.
It is boring, consistent, systematized medicine done well.







Over 75% of U.S. adults may now meet criteria for obesity — and BMI is no longer the main story.A major new cohort analy...
01/03/2026

Over 75% of U.S. adults may now meet criteria for obesity — and BMI is no longer the main story.
A major new cohort analysis from The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology challenges how we define obesity in clinical practice and public health.
Using the All of Us Research Program (≈249,000 U.S. adults), investigators applied the new Lancet Commission definition of clinical obesity, which moves beyond BMI alone and incorporates excess adiposity + organ dysfunction or functional limitation.
Key findings:
• ~68–75% of U.S. adults meet criteria for obesity under the new framework
• 35–40% have clinical obesity (not just elevated BMI)
• ~30% have preclinical obesity — excess adiposity with preserved function
• Over 20% of adults with “normal” BMI meet criteria for preclinical or clinical obesity
• Two-thirds of those labeled “overweight” by BMI alone actually qualify as obese when adiposity and metabolic impact are assessed
Why this matters:
BMI was never designed to diagnose disease — it was a population statistic.
It cannot distinguish:
• visceral vs subcutaneous fat
• adiposity vs lean mass
• metabolic health vs metabolic injury
This explains why we see:
• diabetes, NAFLD, CKD, CAD, and wound-healing failure in “non-obese” patients
• delayed diagnosis
• restricted access to treatment
• policy decisions that underestimate disease burden
The shift is fundamental:
Obesity is no longer just a risk factor.
It is a chronic, systemic, organ-affecting disease.
Clinical implication:
If we wait for BMI ≥30, we are diagnosing obesity years too late.
Public health implication:
Screening must evolve toward:
• waist circumference
• waist-to-height ratio
• functional impairment
• metabolic dysfunction
Bottom line:
The obesity crisis was never underestimated because people gained weight —
it was underestimated because we used the wrong diagnostic lens.
This reframing has profound implications for:
• metabolic medicine
• cardiometabolic prevention
• wound healing and amputation risk
• reimbursement and access to care
• how clinicians are trained
We are entering a post-BMI era of obesity medicine.
The question is whether our systems are ready to follow.



Prosthetic Knee Wound – A Platform based Patient involved Remote wound healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kRHZ8l-...
12/27/2025

Prosthetic Knee Wound – A Platform based Patient involved Remote wound healing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kRHZ8l-8M&t=563s
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In this case presentation, we present a case study of a 44-year-old male who experienced complications following knee surgery, leading to a significant wound infection. We utilized a platform-based approach that included advanced wound bed preparation techniques of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and use of Platelet rich plasma(PRP) application, remote patient integrated wound monitoring, resulting in complete healing over nine to ten weeks. Importance of patient involvement in the care process using a platform-based approach, which was crucial for the successful outcome with the person-centered approach where the patient felt supported throughout the entire healing process. Enhanced patient empowering solutions are needed in clinical practice to engage the patients in their healing journey.

TWO ORGANS. ONE DISEASE.We often treat diabetic retinopathy and chronic wounds as separate problems.They are not.They ar...
12/27/2025

TWO ORGANS. ONE DISEASE.
We often treat diabetic retinopathy and chronic wounds as separate problems.
They are not.
They are two visible endpoints of the same metabolic failure.
When energy metabolism breaks down, tissues that depend most on oxygen and microvascular flow fail first.
The retina and the wound bed are simply the early warning systems.
🔹 Retinopathy is not an “eye disease.”
🔹 Chronic wounds are not just “local tissue problems.”
They are manifestations of metabolic inflexibility, endothelial dysfunction, and impaired cellular energy utilization.
When mitochondria fail → microcirculation fails → healing fails.
This is why:
• Glucose control alone doesn’t prevent complications
• A “normal A1c” can coexist with tissue failure
• Late interventions feel futile
We are managing symptoms while ignoring the system.
The Two-Sentinel Rule:
If you see diabetic retinopathy, assume wound risk.
If you see a chronic wound, assume retinal and microvascular disease.
Same disease.
Different tissues.
The solution is not more siloed care — it’s metabolic and vascular restoration, early and upstream:
• Restore metabolic flexibility
• Reduce energy toxicity
• Support mitochondrial function
• Protect microvascular flow
When energy flows, tissues heal.
This is how we move from:
❌ Rescue medicine
to
✅ Regenerative, preventive care




Why This Ulcer Won’t Heal: The Immunometabolic Blind Spot in Wound CareChronic wounds do not fail in isolation.Behind ma...
12/25/2025

Why This Ulcer Won’t Heal: The Immunometabolic Blind Spot in Wound Care

Chronic wounds do not fail in isolation.

Behind many stalled diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, and pressure injuries, we repeatedly see the same upstream drivers:

Glycemic instability (not just HbA1c)

Impaired microvascular perfusion

Chronic low-grade inflammation

Immune dysfunction

Metabolic energy inadequacy

Yet most wound care models remain wound-bed centric.

We debride.
We dress.
We offload.
We treat infection.

And when healing plateaus, we escalate local care—often without addressing the biology that governs repair.

This is where immunometabolic wound care matters.

It reframes the question from:

“What product or procedure does this wound need next?”

to:

“What systemic biology is preventing this wound from exiting inflammation?”

Macrophage dysfunction, insulin resistance, endothelial injury, mitochondrial stress, sarcopenia, and protein–energy malnutrition quietly shape the wound environment long before the first dressing is applied.

Local care is essential—but it has a ceiling.
Biology determines that ceiling.

If we want better outcomes, fewer amputations, and more durable healing, we must align wound care with:

metabolic optimization
immune competence
vascular health
nutritional adequacy

Sometimes the barrier to healing is not at the wound bed—it’s in the biology supporting it.

This perspective needs to move from theory into routine practice, education, and guidelines.







TAKE RADICAL OWNERSHIP OF YOUR HEALTH!Health does not happen only during office visits.It is built every day—by the choi...
12/20/2025

TAKE RADICAL OWNERSHIP OF YOUR HEALTH!
Health does not happen only during office visits.
It is built every day—by the choices you make and the data you track.
Your health is your life.
And no system, clinic, or professional will ever care about it more than you do.
Healthcare works best when individuals take radical ownership of their health—
supported by clinicians,
powered by continuous data tracking,
and driven by daily choices made outside the clinic.
This is where platform-based care matters.
When labs, vitals, body composition, symptoms, and healing progress are connected, health stops being reactive and becomes actionable.
Technology isn’t replacing clinicians.
It’s restoring what matters most:
continuity, clarity, and accountability.
For the healthcare system, it’s business.
For the individual, it’s mobility, independence, healing—and life itself.
Track. Engage. Act. Heal.


Early 🎅 Santa stopped by the office today. And it sparked a serious clinical thought.Weight loss isn’t about willpower. ...
12/16/2025

Early 🎅 Santa stopped by the office today.
And it sparked a serious clinical thought.
Weight loss isn’t about willpower.
It’s not about eating less or “burning more calories.”
From a medical standpoint, it’s about metabolic health.
Visceral fat is not passive storage—it’s an active endocrine organ.
It drives insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, immune dysfunction, poor wound healing, and cardiovascular risk.
That’s why telling people to “just lose weight” fails.
The real clinical goals are:
• Improve insulin sensitivity
• Preserve and build muscle
• Restore mitochondrial efficiency
• Reduce chronic inflammation
When metabolism improves, weight follows—not the other way around.
🎯
We don’t treat the scale.
We treat the biology.
That’s how we prevent diabetes, infections, amputations, and premature aging.





12/06/2025

🔺 Why Do We Develop DIS-ease?
And how can India become Preventable Amputation-Free by 2047?
During my recent discussion with the Indian Podiatry Association, we explored a simple but powerful idea—the Disease Triangle—showing how Genetics, Environment, and Lifestyle interact to shape the microbiome, immune system, and metabolic health
The message is clear
👉 Treat the cell → Treat the system
👉 Track what matters → Heal predictably
👉 Empower every clinician → Transform every patient journey
Most chronic wounds, infections, and amputations don’t begin in the foot.
They begin with cellular dysfunction—mitochondria starved of energy, overwhelmed by inflammation, and unable to repair tissue.
This is where the new approach begins.
By measuring metabolic markers, immune resilience, tissue perfusion, and healing trajectories, we can make wound care objective, scalable, and repeatable across India.
And this is the heart of IPA’s vision:
A national ecosystem where—
Every patient journey is trackable
Every clinician is digitally empowered
Every district reduces preventable amputations
Every Indian gains metabolic strength and resilience
One patient at a time.
One clinic at a time.
One system built for healing, not just treatment.
This is how we create a Preventable Amputation-Free India 2047.
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10/31/2025

💙 Regional Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center (RIDIC) Removing Barriers to Healing.
Our expert team provides personalized, evidence-based care for complex infections, wound management, infusion therapy, and obesity medicine.

🏥 Serving patients across Columbus, GA, LaGrange, GA, Newnan, GA, and surrounding communities, we’re dedicated to helping every patient heal with compassion and excellence.

💬 Your health journey matters experience the difference at RIDIC.

💥 Energy Toxicity: The Hidden Pandemic Beneath Every Diabetic Foot UlcerWhat we face daily in wound care isn’t just infe...
10/28/2025

💥 Energy Toxicity: The Hidden Pandemic Beneath Every Diabetic Foot Ulcer

What we face daily in wound care isn’t just infection or ischemia — it’s energy toxicity.
Our patients are drowning in fuel, yet starving for energy.
Glucose is everywhere, but the mitochondria can’t use it — trapped behind insulin resistance.

So we play whack-a-mole medicine:

Debride here.

Dress there.

Add antibiotics.

Adjust pressure.

But the root cause remains — metabolic dysfunction.

Until we restore energy balance — by improving mitochondrial efficiency, fat oxidation, and insulin sensitivity — we’ll keep chasing symptoms instead of healing patients.

Let’s stop managing disease fragments and start delivering root-cause healthcare.

Because every wound is a metabolic signal — not just a local problem.

Please opine... we can make a difference !

🩸 | | | | | 💥 Energy Toxicity: The Hidden Pandemic Beneath Every Diabetic Foot Ulcer

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