Diabetic foot: what is its effect on patients?

What is diabetic foot? Is ulcerations from fabrics which form the foot in patients with Diabetes mellitus. It is the earliest and most common complication of diabetes.

It can occur in at least 20% of diabetics.

It presents itself as repercussions from neuropathy from nerve fibers of medium, small and large caliber, and can cause arteriopathy of small and medium caliber.

A public health problem estimated to affect 50% of patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes and that is related to high morbidity Still amputations lower limbs.

Approximately between 50% and 75% of lower limb amputations worldwide, including Panama, are a direct result of diabetic foot. suffers which affects more than 40 million people with diabetes worldwide, according to the Latin American Diabetes Association.

So when all types of diabetic neuropathy are grouped together, diabetic foot is the most common condition. distributionwith handicap yes he diagnosis disease is achieved by methods that are mostly not standardized, have poor reproducibility, repeatability and reduced sensitivity, says Dr. Ariel Odriozola, endocrinologist at the Catalan Institute of Endocrinology (ICEN), Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Symptoms

The wounds and foot ulcerswhich has to be check and good self-care is one of the main signs, according to international health organizations.’

Grouping all types of diabetic neuropathy, diabetic foot is the most common condition, with the disadvantage that the diagnosis of the disease is achieved by methods that are mostly not standardized, have low reproducibility, repeatability and reduced sensitivity.

Also appearing on this list are: Tingles and cramps; absence tenderness in the feet; and turning wounds into ulcers.

The most important risk for diabetics is reduced sensitivity and weakness Circulation on the foot.

In this way, if a diabetic sees that he has an ulcer, he should immediately go to a specialist, writes the Top Doctors website.

On the other hand, according to the page mesh, a prevention program is key to reducing amputation rates. This is why it is necessary for the patient to understand the seriousness of his health problem.

Not all people have the same risk of developing diabetic foot, say experts from the website in question.

People with peripheral neuropathy, foot deformities, peripheral blood vessel disease and a history of ulcers or amputations. There are also factors that can accelerate or multiply the possibility of getting a diabetic foot, such as the accumulation of more than 10 years of diabetes evolution with poor metabolic control, poor foot hygiene habits, use inappropriate footwear, smoking, obesity or hypertensionamong others.

Early detection

One of the possibilities for early detection of neuropathic diabetic foot is the NerveCheck Master, a medical instrument that makes it possible early quantitative detectionas well as proving the evolution of the sensory thresholds of each investigated nerve fiber, which opens up the ability to Primary preventionsecondary and his Pharmacotherapy.

This preventive and diagnostic equipment can be used by any diabetic, a revolutionary solution preventive medicine associated with foot neuropathies, said Odriozola, a former hospital official at the Clinic Universitario de la Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelonain a presentation he gave in Panama.

Reliable, fast and simple medical technology for diagnosis sensory neuropathy.