Diabetic Foot Syndrome Management
Highlights :
- Foot ulcers are a common complication of diabetes
- They affect more than 15% of diabetic patients
- Diabetic foot ulcers result in more than 70,000 lower extremity amputations per year in US alone
How Diabetes Causes Diabetic Foot?
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that causes high blood sugar. Insulin moves sugar from the blood into the cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't effectively use the insulin it does make.‘Be alarmed to save your limb from amputation due to diabetic foot syndrome.’
Source: Medindia
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