Experts advise: the control of blood sugar, protect feet
Has a history of diabetes for more than 10 years of high-uncle, last Wednesday after a new toe shoes, a frayed, and then fester festering wounds, wounds more and more, and ulceration of the toes also appear dark symptoms, the doctor diagnosed as "diabetic foot . " It is unusual disease, if not promptly treated may lead to amputation.
According to experts, the "diabetic foot" was mainly due to acral ischemia, neuropathy combined trauma, infection, arterial thrombosis, foot fungal infection (commonly known as athlete's foot), chapped skin, blisters, corns, Paronychia inflammation, burns, frostbite, also easily lead to disease. Incidence of the crowd is mainly a longer duration of diabetes and glycemic control in elderly patients with poor clinical performance on the main foot ulcers, acral red, black, such as gangrene.
"Diabetic Foot" treatment is very difficult, in particular, there is a serious infection and acral gangrene patients take a more surgical approach to preserve the lives of high amputation. Once the lower extremities in patients feel numbness, tingling, flu cotton step foot there, as well as the emergence of foot cold, dark skin, pigmentation, lower limb intermittent claudication, pain at night, should have thought of if they are suffering from " diabetic foot. "
The prevention of diabetic foot in a doctor under the guidance of long-term control of blood glucose targets, with a reasonable diet, prevention of atherosclerosis, but also to give up smoking, drinking, with particular attention to avoid the legs by the trauma, frostbite, etc., the timely treatment of corns, athlete's foot and so on, to the hospital to check the feet regularly to prevent infection serious troubles.
