How to prevent diabetic foot?
(1)Quit smoking.
(2)Control of blood sugar.
(3)Daily check whether skin of foot and lower extremities has swelling and damage.
(4) Daily clean feet with soap and warm water.
(5) The right way of trimming nails: The front nail should be trimmed, but do not over-pruning.
(6) Select the appropriate shoes and socks, carefully check whether the foreign bodyin the shoes before wearing.
(7) Early and regular reports to the doctor of foot problems, if you happen to find foot trauma or infection, should go to hospital as soon as possible.
MEDI-REHATEK has a comprehensive explanation of diabetic foot disease
How to conduct routine foot examination for the high-risk groups of diabetic foot.
It mainly includes the following three aspects:
(1) Check the site: foot, sole of foot,toes, toenails, toe tip,gap between toes, especially the deformation parts.
(2) Check the content: careful observation of the feet with or without skin damage, blisters, chap, redness, corns or calluses, small wounds, etc., with particular attention to the swelling, deformation between toes. Skin temperature is too cold or overheating, dorsal artery pulse is normal and so on.
(3) inspection methods: observation with a mirror, self-examination or ask family members to help check.
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