Disease Review: Li Dabo 65-year-old, suffering from diabetes 10 years. Foot washing is said to have health care role of filial sons and daughters of the elderly in order to buy a stack of tickets to the father of the foot bath. As a result, Li Taibo Gesanchaiwu to nothing went to wash feet. One week down, Lida Bo find themselves appeared swollen right foot, toes a little skin break, they posted a bit with the Band-Aid. However, after a few days, not seen better, but found signs of right foot ulcers. Last week, Li Dabo in hospital for an examination, doctors diagnosed his right foot is a result of infected diabetic foot.
Expert analysis: patients with diabetes is usually only pay attention to dietary control of blood sugar, but neglected the maintenance of the foot. Li Taibo suffer from diabetic foot is a common complication of diabetes. On the one hand, diabetic patients with high blood sugar caused by the body due to peripheral neuropathy, micro-circulation and vascular lesions, resulting in skin microcirculation and vascular lesions can not be a normal expansion of blood vessels, reduction in blood supply makes the skin does not have enough blood to the heat away, so that calories burned in the local gathering place. On the other hand, because people with diabetes, foot sensory nerve abnormalities occur, wash foot bath is unable to determine the level of the water temperature. Therefore, even if sometimes the water temperature is high, the patient himself still do not know, easy to burn.
Strengthen the control of blood glucose in patients with diabetes, once again control blood sugar well. The body's resistance would be worse, vulnerable to infection. Foot washing Li Taibo trim toenails when broken toes caused by bacterial infection of the skin, but also increased the disease. Winter is the season of predilection of diabetic foot, diabetic foot cold makes the blood circulation disorder occurs, resulting in decreased feeling, numbness, retardation.
Winter health care should pay attention to the following: keep warm, to ensure blood circulation foot; to maintain the foot moisture to prevent skin cracking; foot note of this when the temperature of the water to prevent scalding; Revised toes to be careful not to cause injury; cold weather Deposited feet with hot water bottle should pay attention to water temperature, so as to avoid burns. Once patients with diabetes foot ulceration and other symptoms should be immediately to the hospital for treatment, once the delay may lead to amputation illness.
