Dr. Geoffrey Watson on Diabetic Patients and COVID-19

Dr. Geoffrey Watson, an internal medicine specialist and a leader in managed care in Oakland, California, is the founder of The James A. Watson Wellness Center, an African-American health care center focusing on disparities in disease within the African-American community. Dr. Watson also helped to facilitate the formation of an African American Primary Care Group to serve the needs of African Americans in San Francisco’s East Bay, including the development of preventive care programs focused on hypertension, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, substance abuse, and weight control. One of his areas of concern is the treatment of foot problems associated with diabetes. Below, Dr. Watson answers some questions about diabetics as an at-risk group for COVID-19 and describes a new over-the-counter transdermal device for patients with foot issues.

1. What should patients with diabetes know about COVID-19 and how it may affect them?

Those people who are at the highest risks of contracting COVID-19, are those over the age 65, have heart disease, liver disorders, diabetes and other underlying health issues. Because it effects the immune system and compromises the body’s natural defenses fight off infections, it is critical for a person with diabetes to have good blood flow circulation, reducing the chance of infection, ulcers and in worst-case scenarios, amputations.

2. How does Circularity’s over-the-counter (OTC) transdermal device help patients with foot issues?

D’OXYVA® (deoxyhemoglobin vasodilator) is validated to significantly improve macro- and micro-circulation of blood flow and certain nerve activities in the body, which together are widely reported to form an effective non-invasive, pain-free solution option for many conditions. It provides accelerated and comprehensive wound care — plus infection protection — in a painless, affordable non-prescription solution available in a clinical setting, or in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

3. Tell us about CO2, microcirculation, and its effects on the body.

D’OXYVA uses ultra-purified carbon dioxide, which has been shown to produce higher oxygen unloading by hemoglobin, thereby increasing oxygen-rich blood flow in the local microcirculatory system. This improved dermal microcirculation leads, in turn, to enhanced wound healing.

Good blood circulation has many important health benefits. Among the most prominent is the optimal oxygenation of bodily tissues and organs, which allows for efficient functioning of the heart, lungs and muscles. Active blood circulation also improves the immune response against disease by allowing the better transportation of white blood cells throughout the body. Furthermore, proper blood circulation improves cellular detoxification, while waste removal becomes more efficient. Among its other health benefits, D’OXYVA® has been also validated as a successful means of improving the autonomic nervous system.

4. What have clinical trials shown about how this device helps patients, especially diabetics with foot problems?

Studies with D’OXYVA have shown increased oxygen concentration and lower carbon dioxide concentration in the blood just 30 minutes after treatment that can last upto 60 minutes. Over two dozen studies demonstrated convincing results at clinics and at home with no adverse events.

Many treatments make bold online claims to help cure various conditions and restore you to health — pills, shots, creams, procedures, and devices. But only science-backed, one-of-a-kind D’OXYVA stands alone, delivering the remarkable physical, mental, and emotionally rejuvenating results.

5. As an Internist focused on prevention, what do you want diabetics to know about making their foot health a priority?

The heart is the engine that makes the body function. The foot though a far distance from the heart requires consistent blood flow. It requires open pathways. If those pathways are constricted, which is fairly normal occurrence with diabetic patients, those areas have a tendency to die off, because of the poor blood circulation. That is why it is key to some type of vasodilation to promote microcirculatory blood flow to supply adequate oxygenation the the feet. There by likely helping to prevent infections, ulcers and wounds.

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About Dr. Geoffrey Watson:

A native and resident of Oakland, California, Geoffrey Watson obtained a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from the University of California at Davis and a medical degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Watson completed two years of his medical residency at the Vanderbilt Medical Center with his final year of medical residency completed at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. In 1985, Dr. Watson started his medical career in Oakland as a specialist in the art of Internal Medicine working as a staff physician at the Arlington Medical Center alongside his father, Dr. James A. Watson.

Dr. Watson has a special interest in education and has earned the position of Director of Continuing Medical Education at Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro and Alameda County Medical Center of the East Bay. In 1992, as a Board Certified Internist, his love for teaching and medical education has earned him a position as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the U.C.S.F. Medical Center. Also in 1992, as the Co-Medical Director of the Arlington Medical Center, Dr. Watson became a key player in the Oakland community as a leader in managed care and positioned himself as a Founding Member of the Alta Bates Medical Associates. He developed medical groups, leading the way in managed care, and helped to organize a merger of prominent physicians resulting in a powerful African American Primary Care Group geared towards serving the needs of African Americans in the East Bay, including the development of preventive care programs focused in the areas of hypertension, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, substance abuse and weight control.