Patients with diabetes how to protect the feet?
Already suffering from diabetes, may occur in patients with diabetic foot, Diabetes Prevention and Research Center of Guangdong Province, Director of
Endocrinology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Professor Xue Yaoming, director of metabolism is given the following recommendations:
1. Daily check again foot, including between the toes and nails, pay attention to the color changes in toenail, you will probably find some small lesions to
be treated or mycosis.
2. Daily with warm soapy water neutral feet, do not join the right organization irritating substances, water temperature should not exceed 30 ℃ ~ 35 ℃.
3. To prohibit and feet, or to join with others, spices, dry feet must be washed.
4. Nuanshui Dai or a blanket at night Do not use warm enough to prevent burns.
5. Wear socks to be comfortable, and to be replaced every day.
6. Do not walk barefoot to avoid injury.
7. Note shoes, followed by the wear and tear must be repaired promptly.
8. Beach vacation, especially when feet were careful not to let the sun burn.
9. To avoid contact with any skin irritation or damage to the foot of material, if the damage has already occurred, and we should as soon as possible to the
hospital for treatment.
45-year-old Xu Guangdong Province YINGDE JIULONG springs village, he is suffering from diabetes, has been up to 5 years. From three years ago, he began to
hand, foot and numbness in extremities obviously, intermittent claudication, blurred vision and so on. Two months ago, he, as usual, Shimoji farming,
careless pierced the thumb of the right foot, and cause skin ulceration. However, Xu did not seriously, go home to find the point of casual home before
putting the rest of the skin and drugs. Unexpectedly, a week later, the wounds not only failed to heal, but growing, Lao Gao swollen skin around the wound,
yet it keeps leaking fluid. Xu Only a little alarmed, went to several local hospitals, doctor's conclusions that should be amputated.
Not long ago, Xu came to the South Hospital. Although his injury is very serious, but, after taking into account the amputation would seriously affect the
life of patients, doctors have done a lot of efforts. Endocrine Metabolism, Nanfang Hospital, after a number of experts in consultation and research, the
last use of vacuum suction, ultrasonic debridement, configuration dressing techniques for patients treated two weeks later, Xu lucky foot ulcers healed,
replacing the amputation a hard time.
Endocrine Metabolism, Nanfang Hospital, Professor Gao Fang warned that diabetes can cause enough long-term metabolic abnormalities peripheral vascular,
neurological diseases, human pain and temperature sensitivity will be reduced or even paresthesia, triggered foot ulcers, intermittent claudication, etc.
symptoms such as inattention, then, once the wound worse, there will be danger of amputation.
Friends of 7% of sugar will occur 15 years after the onset of foot gangrene
It is reported that in Western countries each year more than 30,000 patients with diabetes due to diabetic vascular complications had to be amputated, and
the prevalence of diabetes in the future will increase considerably. Relevant data show that about 7% of diabetic patients will occur 15 years after the
onset of foot gangrene, amputation means that diabetic patients were forced to the number of cases is about the same age group of non-diabetic patients 15 to
45 times. In China, the current average length of stay in patients with diabetic foot number of days for 26 days, the average hospitalization cost of 1.5
million yuan. Diabetes has become a severe hazard to human health, one of the three, only the South diabetic patients admitted to hospital each year reached
more than a thousand cases, therefore, actively carry out their own diabetes screening is particularly important.
