Why do diabetics need foot protection?

Updated on healthy 2024-04-30
16 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Diabetic patients have poor blood circulation in the extremities, and if they do not pay attention to protection, they will cause nerve necrosis, and once they have trauma, they are prone to infection and are extremely difficult to heal. My uncle is diabetic, and when he soaked his feet, the water was too hot (because he didn't feel hot), and he got infected after scalding the blisters, and finally had to amputate his leg! There are many people with diabetes who are unaware of the importance of foot care.

    In fact, foot lesions often occur in diabetic patients. If the disease is mild, the degree of disease is likely to worsen if it is not taken seriously. So, how do you do a good foot care?

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    After washing, be careful to wipe the water between your toes. 2. Check whether there are abrasions and wounds on the feet every day, and whether there is redness and swelling in the toenail groove. Because some diabetic patients are insensitive to foot disease due to neuropathy, they may not feel pain in the early stage of infection.

    3. Change your socks every day. 4. It is advisable to wear thick-soled shoes, and the heel should not be too high. 5. When buying new shoes, you must try them on with both feet, and take comfort as the standard.

    Leather shoes are preferably soft leather. 6. Advocate wearing thick socks. Thick socks act as cushions to protect the feet.

    7. It is best to choose a thick and soft insoles. 8. Some diabetic patients have poor foot blood circulation and often feel cold, so they should do the following things: a. Local heat preservation; b. Move your feet more, such as walking, etc.; c. Avoid sitting cross-legged; d. Quit smoking; f. Warm foot bath.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Because diabetics are prone to rotten feet, rotten feet are a common complication, and if they are not timely** or serious, the final result is likely to be amputation. In this case, it is recommended that you use the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to open the world, and the specific links include debridement, infection control, improvement of circulation, nutrition of nerves and desaprophytic muscle.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    How can diabetics protect their feet? This is very important and also includes peripheral neuropathy in diabetics. If a diabetic patient has a disease duration of more than five years, most patients will have diabetic peripheral neuropathy, resulting in poor body temperature perception.

    Therefore, when diabetics wash their feet or soak their feet, they have to ask their family members to test the water temperature, and if you feel cold, the water temperature can be so high that you can't believe how you feel.

    Some patients get burns and develop diabetic feet because their feet become softer. So, when the patient is soaking their feet, make sure your family members experiment with the water temperature. Don't blindly boil water to cause diabetic foot.

    Daily foot care for diabetics includes wearing appropriate footwear and socks. If the shoes and socks are uncomfortable, it is easy to cause foot damage, which can lead to diabetic foot; The temperature of the water used to wash the feet should not exceed the body temperature.

    If the water temperature is too high, it is easy to scale on the **; The pedicure man's toenails must ensure that they are not cut. When older people have poor eyesight, they can use a magnifying glass or ask family members for help; Diabetic neuropathy can lead to dry feet. Therefore, after washing your feet, you should apply moisturizer accordingly to avoid infection caused by cracks in your feet due to excessive dryness.

    Choose the right shoes that are soft, comfortable, and easy to move. Clothing shoes, sneakers, soft sheep bodies, and soft ball leather are recommended. If diabetic foot occurs, patients are usually advised to have their shoes custom-made; Socks require cotton five socks to avoid mutual infection between the toes or when pedaling for athlete's foot; If you wash your feet every day, first check whether there are foreign objects in your shoes, such as small sand grains, whether there are threads in your socks, whether your feet are broken, whether there are small wounds, redness, if there is any abnormality, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time, do not deal with it alone; Pay attention to the water temperature when washing your feet, generally;

    Your elbow's ** is sensitive. Start by lowering your elbows and then your feet to prevent the water from getting too hot. Finally, take care to use skincare products after washing your feet to keep your feet moisturized.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Patients should pay attention to the condition of their feet every day, from the color, temperature, whether there is edema and other aspects. If you find that ** redness, blackness, or subcutaneous bruising, or the temperature of the foot rises or falls, or edema occurs, you must pay attention. For small wounds and ulcers, you should be extra careful, and at this time, you must not deal with them without authorization, and you must seek medical attention as soon as possible.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    When the course of the diabetic patient is more than five years, the general patient will have diabetic peripheral neuropathy, resulting in the patient's poor feeling of temperature, so when the diabetic patient washes his feet, or soaks his feet, he must let his family members test the water temperature, and do not blindly heat the water to burn himself, causing diabetic foot.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    You must soak your feet more every day, if you have nothing to do, you can go out for a walk and take a walk, which is also better for your body, and finally you can also go to the foot massage shop, which is also good for the body.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    First, wear comfortable shoes, not high heels, second, always go to soak in hot water, you can also go for a massage, third, don't walk barefoot to avoid burns. This way you can protect your feet.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Diabetics must protect their feet, wear shoes not too quickly, socks to keep dry, feet to be cleaned every day, and to soak feet every day, nails should not be cut too short, do not walk barefoot.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    When diabetics wash their feet, or soak their feet, be sure to let their family members test the water temperature, when you feel cold, in fact, the temperature may be very high, you can't believe your feelings.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    You should massage often, like you should soak your feet in hot water every night, and secondly, you should do a foot massage often, so you can get a very good health care.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    The body is in a state of high blood sugar for a long time, which is very detrimental to the health of the patient. What we all know is that high blood sugar itself is not terrible, but what is terrible is a series of complications caused by high blood sugar, including diabetic foot, many sugar people, because of the diabetic foot, cause themselves to "lose" their toes, or even "lose" the whole foot. Doing these things well on the feet can effectively prevent diabetic foot disease.

    1. Don't walk barefootDiabetics are insensitive to neurological damage, and if they walk barefoot, they are easily injured, and they are prone to calluses on their feet when they walk for a long time, and calluses are often a precursor to foot ulcers.

    2. Keep your feet cleanWash your feet with warm water every day and dry them gently with a soft, absorbent towel.

    3. Check your feet regularly4. Pay attention to keeping warmEspecially in winter, you should pay more attention to the warmth of your feet, try to wear comfortable and warm socks and shoes, and do not use hot water bottles, which can easily cause burns and infection.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Diabetic patients will cause diabetic foot because of foot lesions, or infection, diabetic foot is a more terrible disease in the complications of diabetes, and it is also the primary cause of amputation, diabetic patients, mostly vascular insufficiency and neuropathy, easy to make the local blood circulation disorders of the feet, nutritional disorders and local sensory dullness, poor blood return of the feet, local resistance is reduced, once the instep bumps or infection ringworm of the foot, it is easy to secondary purulent bacterial infection, If the infection of the foot spreads, bacteria will enter the bloodstream and cause sepsis, which directly threatens the life of the patient, so for diabetic patients, the biggest hidden danger of diabetic foot is the lack of awareness and common sense, so they often ignore the important link of protecting their feet and actively preventing diabetic foot.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Diabetic patients will be infected by BAI for foot lesions, or DU infection, and cause diabetes Zhi foot, diabetic foot is a terrible disease in the complications of diabetes, and it is also the primary cause of amputation, diabetic patients, mostly vascular insufficiency and neuropathy, easy to make the local blood circulation disorders of the feet, nutritional disorders and local dysesthesia, poor blood return of the feet, local resistance is reduced, once the instep bumps or infection tinea pedis, It is easy to secondary purulent bacterial infection, form chronic ulcers that do not heal for a long time, and even lead to serious infection or gangrene and forced amputation, if the infection of the foot spreads, bacteria into the bloodstream will also cause sepsis, which directly threatens the life of the patient, so for diabetic patients, the biggest hidden danger of diabetic foot is the lack of awareness and common sense, so that they often ignore the important link of protecting their feet and actively preventing diabetic foot.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Studies have shown that people feel most comfortable when the surface temperature of their feet is maintained at 28 to 30. Therefore, when the temperature drops, some effective measures should be taken to keep the feet at an optimal temperature. For example:

    Choose thick socks with good warmth and soft performance, and wear cotton shoes with fleece; When indoors, wear cotton slippers that wrap your feet; When moving in a cold environment, you should also pay attention to keeping your feet warm, such as walking in place or doing swinging movements, moving your toes for 10 minutes, etc.; Strengthen physical exercise, and insist on washing feet with hot water to prevent the occurrence of foot diseases and prevent premature aging of legs and feet. It is important to note the problem of foot protection for diabetic patients: diabetic foot pathology is one of the most terrible serious complications of diabetes, called "diabetic foot".

    Diabetic foot lesions are caused by the complex interaction between many factors such as peripheral neuropathy, microangiopathy, macrovascular disease and poor hygiene. Therefore, diabetic patients should wear loose cotton shoes, change socks frequently, keep their feet clean and dry, and soak their feet in hot water at about 45 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes every night to help keep warm and improve local blood circulation. At the same time, it is necessary to prevent falls, actively ** athlete's foot, avoid tearing the skin of the feet and rubbing the toes with your hands to relieve itching, so as to prevent the breakage from causing purulent bacterial infection.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Because hyperglycemia causes peripheral nerve disorders, paresthesias, can cause muscle atrophy and loss of mobility in the feet, autonomic neuropathy can cause decreased sweating in the feet, local ** dry cracks Limb arteriosclerosis causes ischemia, resulting in tissue avascular necrosis, easy secondary infection and ulcers, etc.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Hello, there is no way to have diabetes now, you still have to take medication for life, and the level of compliance also has an impact Then many cases of diabetic foot are good on the outside, but they are rotten on the inside, and they can only be amputated later. If the doctor says that only the toe is amputated, and in some cases, the calf or even the thigh is amputated, there is no way to do this, and there is still hope as soon as possible.

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