Diabetic foot disease is a peripheral neuropathy (including autonomic neuropathy), microvascular disease, macrovascular disease and poor health and many other complex interactions between factors caused. Once the disease because of its treatment of complex, difficult large, will face consequences such as amputation. In order to reduce diabetic foot disease, diabetic patients must master the following some basic knowledge of diabetic foot care.
1. Select the appropriate footwear: soft leather shoes, sports shoes is the best shoes. Shoe type should choose square head, to ensure that shoes slightly wider than the foot, breathable and have a certain role in the fight against external forces. Do not wear high-heeled, pointed, hard and plastic shoes, they often have to check and remove foreign matter that may exist inside the shoe. Should choose cotton socks and wool in texture as well, both Sweat-absorbent breathable again. Socks not too much , do not wear socks with elastic band. Washed every day, do not wear a patch or a crevasse of the socks, to prevent uneven pressure on the feet and affect blood circulation.
2. Good feet and retaining the right foot: In order to maintain foot health, it is recommended in patients with diabetic feet per day. But the foot before, we must first test the water temperature by hand or a thermometer, because most patients with diabetes have varying degrees of foot neuropathy, so a reduced ability to sense temperature. General requirements of the warm water of 40 degrees Celsius, may be while their feet while adding warm water, their feet should not be too long a time. After the use of soft feet, dry towel, dry feet, and must be dry the water toe seam between the tracks, if necessary, a small wind dried hair dryer available.
Easy foot dry fall and winter seasons that can be used Cream evenly Tucha the surface of the foot, foot sweat can sprinkle some talcum powder. After the wash the feet in winter, remember not to use hot-water bottle, electric heaters or direct Kaohuo heating, so as to avoid foot burns.
3. Adhere to the foot in time to the hospital for examination and treatment: You can use your foot mirror, etc., Or in others with the help of regular inspections foot, if the skin dry, damp and cool, edema, skin darkening , sensory loss, nail deformation or localized swelling pain, fever, etc., may prompt foot lesions have appeared. Must as soon as possible to the hospital.
The treatment of foot lesions should be based on prevention, early detection, do not think that "hurt does not itch, all right," delayed the disease, to know the treatment of diabetic foot surgery is mainly revascularization, amputation surgery, autologous stem cell transplantation and so on. Therefore, prevention should be the best treatment:
One to keep your feet clean and dry skin
2, to prevent the legs skin injury, infection
3, regular foot movement
How do I trim toenails
Feet, the nail softer when the nail trim is best. Pruning, please cut flat, do not cut too short, too close to the skin. Do not nail the edge of Xiu-round or angle, or easy to damage a ditch skin to cause infection.
Foot movement
Adhere to a daily 30-60 minute lower leg and foot movements, can improve lower limb blood flow, prevent the occurrence of foot lesions. Foot movement methods:
1, walking exercise
2, which provides heel - toe movement
3, bending the knee - squatting movement
4, Lut leg movement
Incision
Diabetic foot, even a small wound, healing time is quite long, must be very carefully take care of small wounds. If accompanied by nerve damage, you may not notice the wounds caused by the stimulation and occurrence of wound pain. Any injuries are very prone to infections of the skin, causing serious consequences.
One should first use disinfectants (such as alcohol) thoroughly clean the injury, and then covered with sterile gauze.
2, avoid the use of iodine disinfectant such as a strong stimulus.
3, do not use gentian violet and other dark disinfectants, medicines will be covered by the color of the signs of wound infection.
4, do not use a hard paste, the chicken eye ointment or corrosive acidic substances, in order to avoid skin ulcers.
5, if the wound healed within 2-3 days Rengmo should seek medical treatment. Never in the absence of medical staff under the guidance itself.
