Diabetic foot is often quite a dreaded disability, with long stretches of hospitalization, and impossible, mounting expenses, with the ever dangling end result of an amputated limb. The phantom limb plays its own cruel joke on the already demoralized psyche. The diabetic foot, no wonder, is one of the most feared complications of diabetes.
Diabetic foot is characterized by a classical triad of neuropathy, ischemia, and infection.
Preventing the diabetic foot should be the first priority. This can be achieved by identifying the high-risk individuals, like those with peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, foot deformities, and presence of callus.
Epidemiology: Diabetic foot ulcers are common and estimated to affect 15% of all diabetic individuals during their lifetime. It is now appreciated that 15 – 20% of patients with such foot ulcers go on to need an amputation. Almost 85% of the amputations are preceded by diabetic foot ulcers. Numerous risk factors for the development of foot ulcers have been suggested, the most important being peripheral sensory neuropathy followed by peripheral vascular disease. The proportion of neuropathic, neuroischemic, and purely ischemic lesions in diabetics is 54, 34, and 10%, respectively.[3] In India, it is estimated that approximately 40,000 legs are being amputated every year, of which 75% are neuropathic with secondary infection, which is potentially preventable. Certain factors, such as, barefoot walking, illiteracy, low socioeconomic status, late presentation by patients, ignorance about diabetic foot care among primary care physicians, and belief in the alternative systems of medicine contribute to this high prevalence.
Multidisciplinary research and rehabilitation program for Diabetic Foot
Please follow the doctor's advice for drugs and other medical plans
Please follow the guidance of nutritionist
For sports or psychological counseling, please refer to the experts' suggestions
In order to avoid misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, please upload the professional diagnosis report of the hospital in the latest month. If it is confirmed to be this disease, you can participate in the .#
If you have this disease, please follow your doctor's complete medical plan. You must consult the attending doctor before using the multidisciplinary rehabilitation plan. If your attending doctor does not recommend you to join the supplement conditioning combination, please do not use it. If you need to seek second opinion from other doctors, you can contact our online "Doctors Without Borders", or another professional doctor in your own city.
