The diabetic foot

Description of the pathology, definition and symptoms

The diabetic foot is a consequence of diabetes that manifests itself with chronic ulcers of difficult healing, deformity, Plantar support problems, skin necrosis and leather infections or deep foot fabrics. This condition develops as a consequence of nerve (neuropathy) or vascular (peripheral arteriopathy) alterations, two chronic problems typical of those suffering from diabetes.

conservative prevention and therapy

Early prevention and diagnosis are two tools of absolute importance not only to avoid the manifestation of ulcerative lesions but also to avoid the dangerous complications of the disease, first of all the amputation of the limb, which increases the risk of death for diabetic foot. In the absence of injuries, The medical team must define its risk by prescribing an effective prevention program capable of reducing the incidence of lesions on foot.

Among the recommended behaviors to prevent the diabetic foot we remember:

- Do not use too hot water;

- Do not bring the feet closer to heat sources;

- Do not walk barefoot (exposes more to the risk of wounds);

-Tons we don't wear shoes without socks;

- Wearing footwear not recommended by the podiatrist, they must be soft and elastic, without internal seams, to avoid the risk of wound formations.