Diabetic care

Diabetic foot.

Prevention and treatment of the diabetic foot, which is key to preventing the development of injuries such as ulcers that represent a significant number of amputations annually in hospitals throughout the country.

It is very important that the feet of a person with diabetes mellitus are monitored since ulceration of the tissues that make up the foot can occur when there are inadequate levels of glucose in the blood and other factors that cause damage to the vessels and nerves that can cause medium-long term complications.

It is one of the different complications that people with diabetes can have. Diabetic neuropathy , in fact, is the first ulcer-initiating factor (along with minor foot injuries and deformities). Diabetic foot ulcerations are normally easily infected and this, together with circulation problems and involvement of nerves and blood vessels, contributes less blood to the tissues, which can lead to gangrene. This can lead to the need to amputate, in extreme cases.