The symptoms of diabetic foot, is it really an old rotten leg?

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

    The symptoms of diabetic foot are not necessarily old rotten legs. Because diabetic foot, mainly muscle atrophy, first involves the distal end of the limb, which generally causes ulcer infection, etc., and the old rotten leg will have blisters, molting will also appear pusuppy, red and swollen, accompanied by inguinal lymphadenopathy.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    The old rotten leg is because the blood sugar of diabetic patients has not been effectively controlled, the foot infection has not been controlled, and the lack of attention in the diagnosis and treatment process has led to repeated foot ulcers.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Yes, because diabetics will always have such a condition, and it will also affect the health of the body very much, and it can cause very serious consequences.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Hello: One of the complications of diabetes mellitus is foot ulcer: commonly known as "diabetic foot", which is mainly caused by local compression or even injury to neuropathy and vascular lesions of the lower limbs.

    Atherosclerosis occurs in more than half of patients, and the onset is not limited by age, mainly involving aorta, coronary arteries, cerebral arteries, etc., often causing serious complications of the heart, brain, and kidneys and causing death. Sclerosis of peripheral arteries, especially dorsalis pedis arteries in the lower extremities, can cause gangrene.

    As with other chronic complications, prevention is more important than **. Patients should pay attention to protecting their feet, wash their feet with 50 to 60 warm water every day, use a soft towel to absorb the water between the toes, and prevent the occurrence of ingrown nails. Socks should be soft and free of damage or nails, shoes should be loose, and shoes should be checked for sharp and hard foreign objects before wearing them.

    Special insoles can also be used to reduce pressure on local protrusions.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Diabetic people with rotten legs are a complication of diabetes, diabetic foot.

    Diabetic foot is a disease that causes the destruction of foot or lower limb tissues in diabetic patients due to factors such as diabetic vasculopathy, neuropathy and infection. Its variety** includes: Neuropathy:

    sensory, motor, and autonomic neuropathy; vascular lesions; circulatory disorders; immune disorders; Decrease in insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1), which promotes growth. The main of these are neurological and vascular lesions.

    Signs and symptoms of diabetic foot vary depending on the course and severity of the disease. In mild cases, it is only a slight pain in the foot and a surface ulcer. Moderate cases may present with deep, penetrating ulcers with soft tissue inflammation.

    In severe cases, the ulcer is accompanied by soft tissue abscess, bone tissue lesions, localized gangrene of the toes, heels or forefoot, and even full foot gangrene.

    To prevent diabetic foot, it is necessary to pay attention to diabetes and actively ** diabetes.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Of course. Swollen feet, swollen legs, and rotten feet are problems that occur to many sugar friends, mainly caused by complications. It is a common clinical symptom of middle and advanced diabetic nephropathy, and its main reasons are that hyperglycemia causes vitreous degeneration of renal arterioles, glomerulosclerosis, and expansion of the mesangial zone between the glomeruli, resulting in decreased glomerular filtration rate, low plasma protein, and renal metabolism disorders, resulting in water and sodium retention and edema.

    Affected by the blood circulation disorder of the lower limbs of diabetic patients, it usually develops from swollen feet to edema of the lower limbs, and at the same time, some patients are often accompanied by facial edema and eyelid edema.

    The problem of diabetic foot swelling is mainly to fundamentally reduce blood sugar, and secondly, to repair the metabolic function of the kidneys, so as to completely eliminate edema, and not **.

    Diabetic patients with rotten feet are mainly due to diabetic hyperglycemia, long-term hyperglycemia can easily lead to a series of complications, diabetic foot is one of them, diabetic foot will appear if not taken care of in time.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    It is a common complication, and it is important to be careful not to bump it.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    If blood glucose is not well controlled, it may be possible to co-infection in the later stages.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Rotten feet is a chronic complication of diabetes, which is medically called diabetic foot, and its ** includes diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic vascular disease. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy can lead to weakened or absent sensation in the limbs, causing the feet to feel less pressure, heat and cold, which can easily lead to trauma, burns, and ulcers. Vascular lesions of diabetes mellitus may lead to a decrease in blood supply to the lower limbs, a lack of oxygen and insufficient blood supply to the feet, a decrease in the skin temperature of the lower limbs and pain, and even ischemia, which may cause ulcers or gangrene in severe cases.

    In addition, its predisposing factors also include smoking, long-term poor blood sugar control and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc.

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