Improper handling of diabetic foot can cause amputation

 Core reminder: Diabetic patients should pay attention to foot injuries. Once the wound is not treated in time, it is easy to be infected and difficult to heal. The skin and muscles become black, necrotic, and even amputation.

　　 There are many complications of diabetes, the most common of which is diabetic foot.

　　 Due to poor blood sugar control, nerves and blood vessels are diseased, and blood supply to the whole body is insufficient, especially in the feet. Blood circulation is poor. Once the blood vessels of the lower limbs are damaged, the feet will be more affected. Therefore, once a wound on the feet of a sugar friend is not treated in time, it is easy to be infected and difficult to heal, the skin and muscles become black, necrotic, and even have to be amputated.

　　1. choose the right shoes

　　 Due to uneven force on the foot, excessive local pressure can cause pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are prone to appear in the forefoot, heel, between the toes, and the outside of the little toe. Therefore, shoes that are too tight, too stiff, pointed, and high-heeled are not suitable for sugar lovers. It is best to choose cloth shoes with wide, soft and thick soles to reduce the chance of foot injuries.

　　2. pay attention to the water temperature

　　 Sugar friends have a reduced ability to feel water temperature. Avoid excessively high water temperature for foot bathing. Using too hot water can easily cause burns.

　　 3. Don't dig corns casually

　　 In addition, many patients have caused foot infections because of digging corns, injuring the dermis and making a wound. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital to ask a nurse specializing in diabetic foot for treatment.

　　 4. Check your feet often

　　 When taking a bath or washing your feet at night, carefully check your feet and between your toes to see if there is any broken skin.

　　 5. Treat the wound in time

　　 The course of diabetic foot develops rapidly, and it may change from a small wound to a large area ulcer within a few days. If there is a wound on the foot, you should go to the endocrinology specialist or the diabetic foot specialist for treatment in time.

　　The treatment of diabetic foot is not simply a dressing. When treating the wound, it is necessary to thoroughly debride the wound and remove the pus and necrotic tissue, otherwise the wound may not heal.

　　 Finally, it is recommended that sugar friends should be screened for high-risk feet of diabetes such as neurological and vascular disease every year in order to detect diabetic foot diseases as soon as possible.