How to treat wounds for diabetics


Diabetes
It can be defined diabetes as a high level of glucose in the blood as a result of the body's inability to deal with the sugar in the blood, and is divided diabetes into two types: the first type, which affects usually children and adolescents,
and characterized by the college body's ability to produce the hormone insulin, and Type II infects people after age, and is characterized by the weakness of the receptors in the cells of the hormone insulin.


One of the main complications of diabetes not to wound healing, and the inability of the body to defend itself against bacteria and factors pathological ability, because of the narrow blood vessels, which leads to delayed wound healing in the body of diabetics, and must diabetics should try to adjust the level of sugar in his blood, and maintain the health of the feet, and do not walk without shoes to avoid injuries and wounds that are difficult to heal, and you should as much as possible trying not to be subjected to the wounds, and in the case of injury it must take good care of the wound so as not to cause infections difficult to treat.


The causes of delayed wound healing in diabetics
The loss or lack of a sense of the parties as a result of inflammation of the peripheral nerves, so the feeling of injuries in the limbs lighter than a natural person, and may not feel the presence of infection, so it must foot examined on a daily basis to ensure the presence of changes in the skin or the presence of ulcers and wounds, and in the case of diabetic dysfunction occurs the functions of the nervous system that leads to the loss of some necessary for the health of the feet functions such as pain, inability to secrete adequate amount of sweat necessary to moisturize the skin, and becomes dry skin, and have a chance being the largest of the wounds, and needs more time to heal the wounds, and must use moisturizing creams help protect the skin from cracking.
Peripheral artery or blockage stenosis, especially the arteries that feed the parties in the case of diabetes for a long time, and can diabetics of fat in the arteries, which weakens the flow of blood to the parties which will delay the healing process suffers, so must diabetics to control triglyceride level, and a commitment to a diabetic diet containing unsaturated fats beneficial to the body, which reduces LDL cholesterol levels, and must be wary of infection with bacteria that can infect the parties as a result of various injuries.

Treatment of diabetic wounds

  • Clean the wound with soap and water and impurities.
  • Sterilize the wound with alcohol.
  • Cover the wound with gauze.
  • If the wound is contaminated with iron nail or advisable to take vaccination against tetanus.
  • Check with your doctor and take appropriate antibiotic.
  • Use dry refills containing anti-bacterial substances.
  • Use of negative air wounds, which helps keep the wound clean and sterile unloading device, and prevents infections in them.
  • The wound is changed twice a week, and can wash wounds with saline to sterilize the wound.
  • You can use the laser, which helps heal wounds quickly.
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