Diabetes is caused by a variety of reasons to chronic high blood sugar is characterized by metabolic disorders. Clinically, the majority of patients with hyperglycemia can polydipsia, food, polyuria and weight loss symptoms. If it is
not a long-term blood sugar control, can easily lead to a variety of complications in patients. Among them, diabetic foot is more common in patients with clinical diabetic complications. So, how do patients with diabetes foot care
work?
Diabetic patients with diabetic foot is the because of peripheral nerve damage, lower extremity arterial insufficiency, as well as foot infections by bacteria such as the emergence of foot pain, skin ulcers and gangrene in deep and
other symptoms. Early stage of diabetic foot can be produced on the skin of patients with foot ulcers. When the bacteria invade the wound ulcers, may result in local tissue necrosis, and thus the formation of gangrene. Once
gangrene formation, bacteria invade the blood in patients with the whole body will be various organizations, so that you can give patients the serious consequences caused by amputation, while the event of sepsis, may also
lead to death of patients. Therefore, patients with diabetes should not only adopt comprehensive and effective measures to control blood sugar, also must pay attention to foot care, to prevent diabetic foot. So, how do
patients with diabetes foot care work?
First, do a good job foot self-examination
1. Patients to carefully check the foot before going to sleep every night to see whether the foot swelling, wounds or secretions. Patients with poor vision may request the check on behalf of family members.
2. Patients need to do before going to sleep every night foot palpation. Note that if there foot drop in temperature place. At the same time to check whether there is tenderness point of foot to prevent foot ulcers bone
protruding parts.
Second, do a good job of foot skin maintenance
1. Every night before going to sleep to use the feet soaked in warm water about 10 minutes. The water temperature should not be overheated. After the foot washing the feet should be dried and coated with skin care oils,
such as glycerol and other non-alcoholic components of skin care products.
2. To properly trim nails regularly. Cut toenails straight line when you make the cut, do not cut the nail too deeply, so as to avoid nail embedded in a trough, causing localized infections.
3. Foot if thick calluses or corns should be to the hospital for treatment, not to themselves.
3, adjusting the shoes and socks
1. Diabetic patients is best to wear white, cotton socks. This will not only conserve the foot skin, but also easier to make if the foot was found in patients with bleeding or exudate.
2. Patients should check their shoes before wearing shoes whether there is foreign matter. Do not wear a pair of shoes for too long.
3. Patients in both indoors or outdoors did not want it barefoot, nor the long-term standing, walking or running.
4. Do not wear Japanese-style slippers and high heels. Wear Japanese-style slippers, people tend to form in the interdigital ulcers. While wearing high heels who are likely to form at the bottom of the previous foot ulcers.
5. To select the appropriate shoes.
① patients with the best pair of shoes in the evening, because at this time the volume of the largest foot. If the left foot sample sizes should be subject to a larger one foot.
② In selecting the size of shoe size, the longest toe to make the front foot with the shoe in front there is a certain gap, the size of the gap should be based on the width of patients with suitable hand thumb nail.
