Minor Wound Care for Diabetic Patients
Diabetes is an umbrella term for several conditions which have in common an abnormal increase in the blood glucose concentration. This abnormal blood glucose causes damage to numerous organs, including the skin. In 1993, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) was published, confirming the vital role of intensive glucose control in preventing the onset and slowing the progression of problems directly caused by microvascular damage. These complications include neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy.
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Diabetic patients must take special care to prevent even minor wounds, since they can become gangrenous.
Many diabetes specialists feel that the results of the DCCT are also applicable to Type 2 diabetes. If the patient corrects hyperglycemia, many of the disorders it causes can be reversed. There is, however, no guarantee that a reversal will occur, and some disorders may appear for the first time after the glucose levels are normalized.
Diabetes is an umbrella term for several conditions which have in common an abnormal increase in the blood glucose concentration. This abnormal blood glucose causes damage to numerous organs, including the skin. In 1993, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) was published, confirming the vital role of intensive glucose control in preventing the onset and slowing the progression of problems directly caused by microvascular damage. These complications include neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy.
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Diabetic patients must take special care to prevent even minor wounds, since they can become gangrenous.
Many diabetes specialists feel that the results of the DCCT are also applicable to Type 2 diabetes. If the patient corrects hyperglycemia, many of the disorders it causes can be reversed. There is, however, no guarantee that a reversal will occur, and some disorders may appear for the first time after the glucose levels are normalized.