Diabetic foot is a complication of diabetes, which makes patients miserable, it is due to vascular lesions and neuropathy that cause symptoms such as injury, ulceration, infection, blackening, gangrene and other symptoms of the patient's foot, and in severe cases, it can lead to amputation and even loss of life. Diabetic foot is very harmful, and patients with diabetic foot may also develop angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, kidney failure and other related diseases.
Diabetic foot generally appears in patients with diabetes for a long time, poor blood sugar control, other diabetic complications, relatively fat body size, family history of arteriosclerosis, history of diabetic foot, thumb valgus, etc. The majority of sugar friends need to be vigilant about the occurrence of diabetic foot. Check your feet yourself every day, and ask your family to help you check them out of sight. Go to the hospital for a professional foot examination 1 to 2 times a year.
Diabetic foot gangrene is prone to occur in winter. Diabetic gangrene is a lesion of the diabetic foot that is already very severe. It is divided into three: one is dry gangrene, which usually refers to the ischemia of blood vessels, complete occlusion, leading to limb necrosis. It's like a dry branch. The second is wet gangrene, which is caused by the simultaneous obstruction of blood flow in the acral arteries and veins, as well as microcirculatory disorders, trauma, and infection. As a result, the patient has a very high amount of discharge. The third is mixed gangrene, which has both dry and wet gangrene. For diabetic gangrene, patients must seek medical attention in time to avoid serious lesions, which lead to very difficult problems.
Winter is the season when diabetic foot is high, and diabetics need to prevent frostbite or burns. Diabetic patients have poor blood supply and are afraid of cold, especially the extremities, so they must pay attention to the warmth of their feet to avoid frostbite. Many diabetic patients will feel cold and cold in the lower limbs, so they like to soak their feet in hot water, and they must pay attention to the water temperature and time when soaking their feet, and the water temperature should not exceed 38 degrees and be controlled within 15 minutes to avoid burns or foot damage. Be sure to dry your feet after washing, especially between your toes. When using heating equipment such as electric blankets, hot water bottles, and electric heaters, you must pay attention to prevent burns.
In daily life, sugar friends also need to pay attention to choosing soft and loose shoes with thick soles, and socks should also choose soft and light colors. When cutting toenails, it is not easy to cut them too short, and they should be trimmed into an arc shape to avoid damage to the feet. In short, in life, we must avoid foot damage and irreparable losses to ourselves.