Patients with diabetes mellitus often suffer from diabetic foot syndrome, a condition leading to foot ulceration or even amputation of lower extremity. Peripheral neuropathy combined with repetitive trauma to the foot and peripheral vascular disease are the main etiological factors in the development of foot ulcers. Other major contributive factors include the effects of callus, increased plant...

Some diabetic patients develop a diabetic peripheral neuropathy characterised by loss of sensation in the feet. Such patients have a high risk of injuries which often go unnoticed. Diabetic patients particularly those with neuropathy have abnormal pressure points under the feet. In these area, the skin gets thickened (called callus) which then becomes an ulcer. Chronic infection in the ulcer ul...

102 EDN Autumn 2011 Vol. 8 No. 3 Copyright © 2011 FEND. Published by John Wiley & Sons Introduction Diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers in combination increase the risk for amputation due to peripheral neuropathy, ischaemia and deep infections. Self-care is fundamental in diabetes management and prevention, and existing guidelines state the need for patient education as a prerequisite to prevent ...

That patients with diabetes have less resistance to infection than do normal individuals is a fact met with in the every-day experience of the clinician. Particularly common in diabetics are staphylococcic and streptococcic infections of the skin, B. coli infections of the urinary tract, and tubercular infections of the lungs. To be sure, since the introduction of insulin in 1922 and of protami...

Foot care is an action that aims to prevent diabetic ulcers including washing and drying the feet, checking condition of feet every day, taking nails, being careful when exercising, protecting with shoes socks (Ariyanti, 2012). This carried out on elderly who suffer from Diabetes Mellitus have potential experience health problems. The purpose this activity carry early detection occurrence Diabe...

The aim of the study was to describe a case of type II diabetic peripheral small fiber neuropathic pain treated with whole body vibration therapy after a failed trial of conventional drugs and interventional pain management. A 64-year-old male had chronic diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in his both feet for about 2 years. The patient tried multiple pain medications and various intervention...

Neuro-osteoarthropathy (Charcot’s Joint) in diabetic patients has been well described in literaturc. It has been defined as a chronic progressive degenerative process principally occurring in weight-bearing joints in the feet of diabetic patients who have underlying peripheral neuropathy and loss of sensation. Although considered as a clinical rarity, it has been reported more frequently in rec...