Foot care and be careful
Posted on September 29, 2009
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Scalding with hot water foot can improve foot circulation. If only because no fat to keep warm the feet caused by cold, then hot foot feet or indeed to improve the blood circulation can play a role. The diabetic foot is often the result of lower extremity fat cold blood vessels and nerve diseases caused by their feet and can not improve water circulation. In order to avoid burns and infection, it is recommended Xijiao Shui water temperature in the normal skin temperature (37 ℃ or so) is better, foot-time control of 5 ~ 10 minutes.
Foot hair with hot-water bottle when cold, heating, etc. warm feet. Diabetic patients with peripheral circulatory disturbance occurred at the same time, there are different degrees of loss of protective sensation, often cold, heat, pain is not sensitive to the foot caused by heating equipment, those who burn a lot of people admitted to hospital. Austria suggest that you adopt more children walking exercise each day, completing 30 to 60 minutes of medium-speed walking is appropriate.
Iodine can not be used on broken skin irritation such as a strong disinfectant. Patients with diabetes resistance is weak, vulnerable, while the iodine is the most effective skin disinfectant. Therefore, the first time that breaks the skin with tincture of iodine disinfection sterilization is best. Of course, the wound granulation tissue is not available within the iodine can be used such as sterile saline solution, scrub.
Reflexology can be done to prevent diabetic foot. In fact, the non-professional division of the Foot in general is subject to the power to regulate those who feel the intensity of peripheral nerve in patients with diabetes mellitus and some thick-skinned, and sometimes too much power to cause skin damage and the patient has no pain. Therefore, diabetic patients should be away from the foot bath center, legs and feet every day to do some of the Ministry of sports, such as the heel raise exercise mat toe movement, bend the knee exercise.
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