Skin lesions in patients with diabetes should be careful
Posted on December 7, 2009
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China’s Shanghai region in the past 3 to 5 years, patients with diabetes superficial mycosis upward trend in the incidence was significantly higher than the normal population, its wide range of skin lesions, violating parts of hand, foot and ringworm, inter alia, accompanied by a large area tinea corporis, and the course of a long, stubborn refractory. Patients with hand, foot and ringworm hand foot wide scaling, angle rough surface layer of thickness, easy to rip the winter, between the toes to scaling, blisters, impregnation of white, the patient is often unbearable itching, burning with hot water so that skin damage induced by Er Shi secondary bacterial infections such as erysipelas, cellulitis and lymphatic Yandeng. Patients with diabetes due to low immunity, skin, the epidermis sugar high, so secondary infections are more common. Hand, foot and ringworm if not treated in time can be infected fingernails and toenails, resulting in a broken, empty, and even hinder the fine finger movements.
The skin of patients with diabetes due to higher sugar content than normal, leading to the skin vulnerable to fungal and bacterial infections important factor. Studies in Spain and the United Kingdom found that in adults the incidence of fungal disease of 3%, including older age groups in the incidence rate of 5%, in some special populations such as patients with diabetes and psoriasis can be as high as 8%.
Therefore suggested that the above symptoms in patients with diabetes should go to a dermatologist to do there, and a foot and body skin routine examination in order to achieve the right fungal infection diagnosis and timely treatment
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