Diabetic Wounds

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What is diabetic wound?

Diabetic wound is the most common chronic wound. As a result of narrowed blood vessels, diabetic wound healing is impaired because less oxygen can reach the wound and the tissues do not heal as quickly. Also, high blood sugar destroys nerves, so patients are less sensitive to pain

Symptoms of Diabetic Wounds

  1. Chronic pain or completely painless.
  2. Signs of inflammation (swelling, redness, heat, pain and loss of function).
  3. Signs of infection (pus drainage, discharge, bad odor and dead tissue).
  4. New numbness and dullness (signs of nerve damage).
  5. Fever and/or chills (signs of progressively worsening infection that can be limb-threatening or even life-threatening).
Daibetic Wounds

Treatment of Diabetic Wounds

  1. Keeping all wounds clean and properly dressed.
  2. Antibiotics (for infected wounds or as a preventive measure for wounds at risk of getting infected).
  3. Surgical debridement (the dead or infected tissue is removed to allow the healthy tissue to heal and regenerate).
  4. Referral to a podiatrist or a wound care center (for patients with calluses, corns, hammertoes, bunions, toenail problems or chronic non-healing ulcers).
  5. Limb amputation (to save as much of a limb as possible when there is a serious infection).