Foot Ulcers

Diabetes day 2019: Type 2 diabetes can be managed by following a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight. But if you fail to do so, it puts you at risk of vision problems, foot ulcers and even high blood pressure. Here are some type 2 diabetes complications you must be aware of.

A lot of sugar in the bloodstream, along with dried skin as a result of diabetes, further slow the ulcer healing process.

A team of students from Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed unique pressure-sensing socks that, when linked to a smart phone app, warn diabetic patients of developing foot ulcers.

A British woman whose foot became ulcerated and gangrenous, then literally fell off has won the right to refuse a potentially life-saving leg amputation.

The healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers is affected by patients' coping styles and their levels of depression.

Among diabetics, foot care is very important to prevent the development of foot ulcers as they have been linked to a higher risk of death.

Individuals with type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes are at a high risk of having a foot or leg amputated.

Diabetics with chronic kidney disease have a higher risk of developing foot ulcers or undergoing lower-extremity amputation than non-diabetics.

Adding a daily check of foot temperature with an infrared skin thermometer to standard diabetic foot therapy can reduce foot ulcers.

A vitamin A compound commonly used to treat acne improves the healing of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes.

For foot ulcers, wrapping a standard removable cast walker with a cohesive bandage improves the proportion of ulcers that heal and the rate of healing.

Diabetic patients who are at a high risk of developing foot ulcers can avoid them by monitoring the foot skin temperatures at home.

Variable levels of activity appear to precede the development of foot ulcers in diabetics.

Diabetes day 2019: Type 2 diabetes can be managed by following a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight. But if you fail to do so, it puts you at risk of vision problems, foot ulcers and even high blood pressure. Here are some type 2 diabetes complications you must be aware of.

A lot of sugar in the bloodstream, along with dried skin as a result of diabetes, further slow the ulcer healing process.

A team of students from Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed unique pressure-sensing socks that, when linked to a smart phone app, warn diabetic patients of developing foot ulcers.

A British woman whose foot became ulcerated and gangrenous, then literally fell off has won the right to refuse a potentially life-saving leg amputation.

The healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers is affected by patients' coping styles and their levels of depression.

Among diabetics, foot care is very important to prevent the development of foot ulcers as they have been linked to a higher risk of death.

Individuals with type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes are at a high risk of having a foot or leg amputated.

Diabetics with chronic kidney disease have a higher risk of developing foot ulcers or undergoing lower-extremity amputation than non-diabetics.

Adding a daily check of foot temperature with an infrared skin thermometer to standard diabetic foot therapy can reduce foot ulcers.

A vitamin A compound commonly used to treat acne improves the healing of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes.

For foot ulcers, wrapping a standard removable cast walker with a cohesive bandage improves the proportion of ulcers that heal and the rate of healing.

Diabetic patients who are at a high risk of developing foot ulcers can avoid them by monitoring the foot skin temperatures at home.

Variable levels of activity appear to precede the development of foot ulcers in diabetics.