Diabetic foot ulcers, how to take care of them?

Updated on healthy 2024-07-04
5 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    1. The first thing is to prevent infection.

    Treatment of local wounds: clean the wound of the ulcerated part, and change the dressing with normal saline gauze after the secretion is reduced, until the ulcer part grows new granulation.

    Use of antibiotics: Rational use of antibiotics to prevent aggravation of wound infection, and antibiotics need to be given as prescribed to control infection in patients with diabetes** ulceration with poor systemic resistance.

    Improve the external environment: It is important to take care of the external environment of patients with diabetes** ulcers, and it is necessary to ensure the environment of the ward, pay attention to ventilation, and avoid being too dry or wet. Bed linen and the patient** should be washed frequently.

    The area around the ulcer wound** can be gently washed with warm water, mild soap, and then dried with a cotton ball to avoid squeezing the wound and the affected area**.

    2. Be sure to try to make the wound recover and heal as soon as possible.

    What needs to be done in this regard is the following:

    How to deal with diabetes ** ulcers.

    Pay attention to the care of daily life, clean the ulcer with warm water every day**, then wipe it clean with a soft dry towel, choose soft clothes made of natural materials to wear, and avoid wearing too tight and breathable. Improve local blood circulation, and do some exercise appropriately. Reasonable diet to improve the nutritional status of the whole body.

    3. What should I do if the wound of the urine patient does not heal.

    The first thing that should be done is to control the patient's blood sugar and keep it normal and stable, which is very important for wound healing.

    If the patient's wound does not develop a large ulcer but does not heal for a long time, the wound can be irrigated with normal saline and the dressing can be changed daily**.

    If the patient's wound has a more serious ulcer and the wound cannot heal for a long time, it is necessary to do a good job in the debridement of the wound, remove the necrotic tissue of the wound in time, and use good drugs to promote wound healing such as Yu's Closing Prescription after debridement, dredge the qi and blood in the affected area, and promote the healing of the wound.

    Diet**, which is the basis for treating diabetes, because the occurrence of diabetes is related to diet. Diabetic patients should have a light diet, but they should also ensure adequate nutrition, and must control their daily nutrients and calories.

    How to deal with diabetes ** ulcers.

    Exercise**, life lies in exercise, proper exercise is conducive to enhancing human immunity, and improving human resistance, proper exercise after meals can also lower blood sugar, consume excess calories in the human body, diabetes can do sports such as walking, climbing stairs, tai chi, etc. Exercise should not be intense.

    Diabetes education, only by understanding a certain amount of diabetes knowledge, can we better control diabetes.

    Do a good job of blood glucose monitoring regularly, detect blood glucose dynamics in time, control blood sugar in time, and minimize the danger.

    Medications, which are essential for diabetes. But what is the best way to avoid hypoglycemic drugs? First of all, there should be no secondary damage to the body. Secondly, it is necessary to effectively reduce and stabilize sugar.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Diabetic foot is sugar foot, and the care of sugar foot should be debrided, standardized dressing change, etc.

    1. Control blood sugar: Diabetic foot is a complication of diabetes, so diabetic foot must first control sugar.

    2. In life, we should pay attention to our diet and control the intake of high-sugar foods. Pay attention to monitoring your blood sugar and keep records. The pattern of changes in blood sugar is very helpful for doctors to prescribe. At the same time, it is necessary to follow the doctor's instructions to take medication regularly and quantitatively.

    3. Anti-infection: bacterial infection is the key to causing diabetic foot ulcers, so it is important to kill bacteria and fight infection. Debridement is done first, necrotic tissue is removed, pus is drained, and disinfection is carried out with iodine or alcohol.

    The frequency of dressing change should be determined according to the condition of the wound. Dressing changes must be standardized to avoid infection. Debridement and dressing change are local anti-infection, antibiotic drugs** are systemic drugs, and commonly used drugs are penicillin, cephalosporin, metronidazole, etc.

    Take antibiotics according to your doctor's instructions to avoid causing bacterial resistance and affecting the effect.

    4. For the blockage of blood vessels caused by diabetic foot, it is necessary to intervene ** to dredge blood vessels and improve the state of ischemia.

    5. Amputation: When the diabetic foot is severe, amputation is usually taken. Amputation can prevent the wound from expanding and worsening, saving the patient's life.

    Diabetic foot is a slow development process, and most patients will have symptoms such as dryness, darkening, poor elasticity, and low skin temperature in the lower limbs in the early stage.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    The care of diabetic foot with ulcers should first control blood sugar well, and after lifestyle intervention and medication**, strengthen blood sugar monitoring, understand blood sugar levels, and manage blood sugar. Regular care for ulcers on the foot is also recommended, and it is usually recommended that dressing changes should be made regularly to remove necrotic tissue and help new granulation form.

    When taking care of ulcers, it is also necessary to pay attention to decompression around the ulcer, and it is recommended to choose appropriate decompression tools, such as gaskets, crutches, and wheelchairs. At the same time, it is recommended to observe the temperature, humidity, dryness and humidity around the ulcer, and also observe whether the infection is aggravated, and adjust the plan in time.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    The incidence of diabetes in daily life is getting higher and higher, and patients must be active, otherwise, it will cause a decrease in immunity, produce various complications, and a series of phenomena such as swollen feet. Diabetic foot will also affect the patient's life and work, so it is a good solution to choose a regular and professional hospital. [Click on manual consultation to learn more**plan].

    There are several main causes of diabetic foot rottenness:

    1. Neuropathy.

    Diabetic patients will initially experience peripheral neuropathy, such as numbness in the lower limbs, ant walking, fever, electric shock, etc., which will continue to rise from the toes to the knees. The patient's sensation of wearing socks and gloves may indicate that the symptoms may be caused by peripheral neuropathy, and as the disease progresses, the patient's sensory and motor nerves will be significantly damaged.

    2. Vascular lesions.

    The continuous increase in blood sugar will cause the blood vessels of the lower limbs of diabetic patients to be affected, and at this time, it is more likely to be prone to macrovascular disease, microangiopathy and microcirculation disorders, which will eventually lead to the narrowing of the blood vessel lumen in patients and block the blood in the feet.

    2. Cause of infection.

    Once the foot is infected, it can be worse, especially if the blood sugar concentration in the wound is high, which can promote the growth of germs. It may lead to tissue infection and cell breakdown, which is also conducive to the growth of germs.

    If you want to know more about diabetic foot, we recommend consulting Shunde Peace Surgery Hospital. Shunde Peace Surgery Hospital is a well-known specialized hospital in the industry, with microscopic and minimally invasive core technical advantages and orthopedics as its characteristics, and has Guangdong Hemai Institute of Orthopaedic Diseases.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The first thing that should be done for sugar foot ulcer is debridement, remove the tissues that have decayed on the surface of the sore, and thoroughly debride for infection control. For neurological ischemic ulcers without risk of infection, can you use Yogurt Medical? (TLC-NOSF dressing).

    At the same time, patients also need to pay attention to metabolic control and control their blood sugar, blood lipids and blood pressure. Hope mine solves your problem.

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