- Our inter-professional team consists of Wound Care Specialists (physicians, nurses, and chiropodists).
- We hope that our on-line resources will assist patient in understanding the best way to understand and manage wounds affecting their limbs.
Wound Complications: Diabetes
- Persons with diabetes often suffer foot problems, and all too often amputation has and continues to be the result.
- This high burden of disease is also associated with staggering health care costs – some of which might possibly be avoided with a comprehensive approach.
- We work to a common goal… to result in better care for this very high risk population of persons with diabetes which is growing in numbers.
- It all starts with recognition by patients, as well as health care providers how common foot problems in persons with diabetes is and how early detection and treatment can avoid the more serious complications which often occur.
- Next the inter-professional assessment team provides detailed information on a range of important measurements. This allows us to determine a plan which considers, the key problems to fix as well as the less common items which must not be forgotten. Our evaluation team consists of Wound Care Specialists (nurses, chiropodists, and physicians)
- The treatment options may vary, from one person to the next – so we have a number of options to consider:
- Adequate blood supply to heal the wound is likely at the top of the list to determine. Check the process to determine blood supply.
- Infections often occur in fragile tissue.
- Protection: Tissue protection is often under addressed due to lack of pain sensation in persons with diabetes. Fortunately protecting the fragile feet of those with diabetes has recently been given a boost, with protective devices which the government helps to pay for.
