Diabetic foot care in winter Notice
Posted on January 10, 2010
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Diabetic foot (DF) is a common complication of diabetes is also a major reason for disability. Between winter, cold weather, bad peripheral blood supply, coupled with measures for the patient warm misconduct, easily leading to DF. In order to reduce the incidence of DF with diabetes should follow the right foot protection, “6 6 should not” principle.
1. Foot should not warm cold
When winter rolls around, diabetic foot patients should pay attention to warm, a variety of appropriate heating methods can be used to improve local blood circulation, maintain a good supply of blood and nutrients to accelerate the excretion of acidic metabolites. However, heating should be anti-scald.
2. Foot should not lower the high
Often raise the foot can reduce the foot pressure on local venous return to prevent the accumulation of metabolites.
3. Foot should move should not be static
Action is to increase blood circulation, calm the blood circulation is slow. Regular foot massage or an appropriate activity, can promote blood circulation, improve nerve function. But not too much activity, so as not to increase the foot load.
4. Foot light-weight-bearing should not re -
Foot must bear the load should not be too large, such as body obesity, excessive labor, walking and standing had to wait too long may increase the foot load, resulting in venous return poor, acidic metabolites and the accumulation of excessive damage produced.
5. Wear appropriate shoes and socks should not be too loose too tight
Because of gravity, lower extremity venous obstruction in upper limb than in the trunk, if the footwear too loose can cause local venous capacity increased, affecting venous flow and speed; but tight shoes and socks are oppressed blood vessels, causing increased blood flow resistance of arterio-venous blood were negative, is not conducive to the blood supply is not conducive to the excretion of metabolites.
6. Foot should not sewage net
Especially in the winter, warm water a day should Tuizu, diligence and clean replacement of shoes and socks to keep feet clean; timely clean-up shoes and socks foreign body, to prevent the occurrence of foot Mishap; attention to cleanliness foot focal points keratosis organizations, so as not to impede blood supply Erzhi hyperkeratotic skin to form vesicles, infection precipitate ulcers.
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