Take you to understand diabetic foot.

If you are a diabetic, do you have cold toes and are afraid of the cold in winter? Do you have abnormal sensations in your feet, such as tingling, burning pain, or a crawling sensation? Do you have no sweat, cracks, or even calloused feet or deformities? If these conditions occur, please be alert, because you may have the most common complication of diabetes, diabetic foot! The following will take you to a deeper understanding of this disease from the basic knowledge, daily care, treatment methods, and prevention strategies of diabetic foot, and provide some practical treatment methods and suggestions.

What is diabetic foot?

Diabetic foot is caused by poor long-term blood sugar control in diabetic patients, which leads to lesions in blood vessels and nerves in the lower limbs, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the feet, and then symptoms such as infection, ulcers, and gangrene. Its risk factors mainly include neuropathy, vascular disease, and infection. Neuropathy can cause abnormal sensations in the patient's feet, such as numbness and tingling, which reduces the patient's ability to perceive foot injuries; vascular disease can lead to insufficient blood supply to the feet, increasing the risk of ulcers and gangrene; and infection may further worsen the condition.

Daily care tips :

1. Choose the right shoes and socks: Patients with diabetic feet should choose shoes and socks that are breathable, soft, and comfortable to avoid squeezing or friction on the feet. At the same time, the shoes and socks should fit the feet well and should not be too tight or too loose to reduce the risk of foot injury and infection.

2. Keep your feet clean and dry: Wash your feet with warm water every day and gently dry them with a soft, absorbent towel, especially between the toes, to prevent fungal infection. If the patient sweats a lot on his feet, you can apply talcum powder appropriately.

3. Check your feet regularly: Check your feet every day for scratches, broken skin, ulcers, swelling, etc. For elderly people with poor eyesight, check with the help of their family members.

4. Avoid walking barefoot: Patients with diabetic feet should try to avoid walking barefoot to prevent foreign objects from scratching their feet.

5. Quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption: Smoking can cause peripheral vascular spasms, reduce blood supply, and increase the risk of diabetic foot. At the same time, alcohol can also affect blood sugar control, so patients should try to quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption.

Prevention of diabetic foot is better than treatment:

1. Actively treat diabetic nephropathy: reduce proteinuria, thereby reducing blood hypercoagulability and preventing the occurrence of diabetic foot.

2. Control blood sugar: Control blood sugar levels through diet, exercise, and medication.

3. Check your feet regularly: Check your feet every day for injuries to detect and deal with potential problems in a timely manner.

4. Maintain a healthy lifestyle: including quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption, eating a healthy diet, exercising moderately, etc. These measures help control risk factors such as blood sugar, blood lipids, and blood pressure.

As a serious complication of diabetes, diabetic foot has a great impact on the daily life of patients. Through daily care measures such as choosing suitable shoes and socks, keeping feet clean and dry, regularly checking feet, quitting smoking, and limiting alcohol, as well as treatment methods such as controlling blood sugar, debridement, improving blood circulation, and nourishing nerves, we can effectively prevent and treat diabetic foot. At the same time, as a manufacturer of wound dressings and ostomy bags, we will continue to develop more advanced and efficient wound care products to provide better care services for patients with diabetic feet.

Hopefully, this article will provide you with some practical tips and advice to help you better understand and deal with diabetic foot. If you or someone close to you suffers from diabetic foot, please be sure to seek medical attention promptly and follow the doctor's advice for treatment and care. For more information on Innomed®Silver Ion Dressing Foam, Refer to the Previous Articles. If you have customized needs, you are welcome to contact us; You Wholeheartedly. At longterm medical, we transform this data by Innovating and Developing Products that Make Life easier for those who need loving care.

Editor: kiki Jia