Diabetic Foot

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What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to make insulin, or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces.

Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas, that acts like a key to let glucose from the food we eat pass from the blood stream into the cells in the body to produce energy. All carbohydrate foods are broken down into glucose in the blood. Insulin helps glucose get into the cells.

Not being able to produce insulin or use it effectively leads to raised glucose levels in the blood (known as hyperglycemia). Over the long-term high glucose levels are associated with damage to the body and failure of various organs and tissues.

There are three main types of diabetes – type 1, type 2 and gestational.

  • Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, but occurs most frequently in children and adolescents. When you have type 1 diabetes, your body produces very little or no insulin, which means that you need daily insulin injections to maintain blood glucose levels under control. Learn more.
  • Type 2 diabetes is more common in adults and accounts for around 90% of all diabetes cases. When you have type 2 diabetes, your body does not make good use of the insulin that it produces. The cornerstone of type 2 diabetes treatment is healthy lifestyle, including increased physical activity and healthy diet. However, over time most people with type 2 diabetes will require oral drugs and/or insulin to keep their blood glucose levels under control. Learn more.

Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a type of diabetes that consists of high blood glucose during pregnancy and is associated with complications to both mother and child. GDM usually disappears after pregnancy but women affected and their children are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

What is Diabetic Foot?

Diabetes, if unchecked, can lead to a number of serious conditions, the diabetic foot being one of them. It starts with a simple sore or inflammation and over time turns into an ulcer. The ulcer, if untreated,  can turn into a deeper and wider erosion of the foot tissue.  If not properly dealt with, it ultimately becomes gangrene, which is the major cause of amputations in diabetic patients.

The reason why feet are more vulnerable to sores is that the circulation of blood to the limbs is prone to weak flow compared to the rest of the body.  High blood sugar can further disrupt this flow and can damage the nerves supplying the feet, hence, causing the patient to not even notice these wounds. Also, many patients do not pay attention to these wounds anyways believing that they will heal on their own. All these factors combine to create a wound that promotes bacterial growth and hinders treatment.

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