I don't know if you are aware? One of every four patients with amputated legs that we see around is due to Diabetic foot wound. Diabetic foot is a serious social problem all over the world. Even in America, it is the cause of 70 thousand amputations a year.
It is estimated that nearly 10 thousand diabetic foot patients have their legs amputated in our country.
I know that the possibility of this being prevented will sound very nice. I have started a voluntary work on this subject for the last 6 years. In addition to the good results I received, I also saw cases that did not progress as I wanted.
The most common problem we encounter after the onset of diabetes is Neuropathy, known as numbness. If a diabetic patient's HbAc level remains at or above 10 for 2-3 years, we are certain that diabetic neuropathy will develop. Another common problem accompanying neuropathy is arteriosclerosis and subsequent vascular occlusion.
In fact, all problems caused by diabetes progress with organ damage caused by vascular occlusion.
- Diabetic Nephropathy. Renal failure, which we call.
- Vision loss, which we call Diabetic Retinopathy.
Another issue that I want to understand, while the systemic problems of the organs begin, is that when we evaluate a patient with a diabetic wound, we should know that the same patient has all the symptoms. There are problems in their vascular systems.
Diabetic patients should be careful about foot care. Because the repair phase of a diabetic foot wound is a very tiring and risky process due to problems in blood circulation. In fact, the risk of amputation of the leg due to an already started diabetic wound has reached a very high rate of 27%. Considering that the number of diabetic patients is increasing day by day in our country, I think this is enough to explain how important this issue is.
And you will be surprised when you hear that the most important factor that accelerates the healing of these wounds is medical nutrition.
To list the stages of the treatment.
In this regard, a nutrition planning and life change program, referred to as Medical Nutrition, is carried out, all of these The purpose of the antioxidant system is to stimulate the antioxidant system.
These consist of a total of eight separate steps.
Correct exercise.
Correct breathing.
Follow-up of bowel cleansing.
Food intake. Regulating the glycemic index.
Ensuring that foods are fed with high nutritional values.
Increasing functional foods and supporting them with nutritional supplements when necessary.
All these steps keep the blood sugar of the diabetic patient balanced, while at the same time At the same time, it becomes possible for the vessels around the wound to expand, and with this tissue blood supply, we provide the opportunity for the wound to be repaired.
This process is possible with the education of the patient's relatives.
This training. It is so practical that it can be continued even without support for continuing medical nutrition, so foot wounds will not occur again.
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