Diabetic patients with diabetic foot is a unique clinical manifestations of a serious vascular complications of diabetes, one of more than a long course of the disease occur in older patients with poor control of the disease. Diabetic
patients led to disability, death of the important reasons.
Winter, cold weather, dry climate and because of diabetes complicated by vascular and nerve lesions, so that artery stenosis, lower limb insufficiency, can easily induce foot dry skin, cracking and bacterial infections, and
sometimes even a minor injury, may also cause infection can cause severe lower limb inflammation, ulceration and even gangrene and amputation, medically known as diabetic foot. Diabetes, diabetic foot is a disability, death of
important reasons.
Typical manifestation of diabetic foot as follows: painful cramps at night, walking was intermittent claudication, dorsum pulse weak, neural edema and multiple chronic ulcers.
Therefore, the conservation of diabetic foot in winter of great importance, specific practices are:
1, no smoking, smoking makes small blood vessels spasm, increased lower extremity ischemia, hypoxia and increased symptoms of diabetic foot.
2, winter nights can be cold enough to keep warm multi-layer socks in order to improve local blood circulation, maintain a good supply of blood and nutrients. Hanged electric blanket, hot water bottle, etc. Wu feet! Because
diabetes often accompanied by peripheral neuropathy, pain in fingers and toes feel warm obstacles, insensitive to temperature change in the perception and pain before the hot legs, often have severe burns.
3, should be carefully handle small wounds with disinfectant (avoid using iodine and gentian violet) thoroughly clean the wound, and then sterile gauze covered by a few days unhealed timely medical treatment, to prevent "a
thousand miles of the dike break down in the ant hole."
4, per night with 40 ℃ warm their feet and often massage my limbs, to promote blood circulation and lower limbs and improve the local symptoms. In view of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the pain often feel warm
obstacles, so wash their feet before, it is best to use the wrist, elbow or by family members first to feel the temperature, to prevent the water temperature is too high.
5, shoes should be soft, breathable, good, moderate size, toes large, should not go far way.
6, the sun is the best infrared therapy can promote blood circulation, help control blood sugar, reduce peripheral neuritis and the occurrence of foot lesions.
7, "action" is to accelerate blood circulation, "static" is slow blood flow deposition. Therefore, diabetes, sedentary bogey, bogey to sit cross-legged in order to avoid oppression of blood vessels and nerves, when sitting as I can
raise the foot to reduce foot pressure on local venous blood return. Winter may be appropriate in the indoor activities, such as taijiquan, pacing, etc., and often massage my limbs, to promote blood circulation.
