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The
problem of diabetic foot considers one of the most important health problems
as a result of diabetes because the prevalence of diabetes among Saudis
in particular, where increasing numbers of people with diabetes each
year and are growing, According to the statistics of the World Health
Organization and some studies we can say that one out of every 5 Saudis
is sick sugar , and increasing infection rates to about 1 of 3 with age.
Due
to the lack of awareness among many of the patients of the importance
of controlling glucose levels in their blood, the increased incidence of
long-term complications of diabetes, and comes on top of the incidence
of occurrence of diabetic foot complications.
The
danger of the problem of diabetic foot patients sugars may result in
impairment of the patient, subjected to 6 of every 1000 diabetic threat
of future loss of party, or when an ulcer chronic required drugs and
antibiotics may harm the kidney patient suffering mostly from
complications of diabetes or
which may be accompanied by a hardening of the arteries and the
arteries of the Parties to the rest of the blood vessels feeding the
heart or brain, as well as deformities of the feet contribute to the
recurrence of sores and disruption of wound healing.
Not
a problem unique to the health dimension, but also includes the dimensions of social and psychological and
economic added to the suffering of the patient's health problems, and
comes on top of that the patient's job or affected by the performance of
them, and suffering from psychological problems may affect his marriage
and his relationship with family members and
society, in addition to the threat of fiscal spending on treatment and
follow-up and rehabilitation of cases of diabetic foot from the burdens
of high strain the health budget to countries ravaged by diabetes.
Complicating
the treatment of diabetic foot that the health problem that causes it -
we mean diabetes - a general problem multiple causes, complications and
affects all organs of the body but vital, which reflects its impact on
the composition of the medical team who usually play in the diagnosis
and follow-up and awareness and treatment of these cases, which makes
rehabilitation and training and awareness of all members of the medical
team a demand of Supervisors on health, and requires an approach (or
protocol) and a clear and comprehensive to deal with these cases to give
the patient the best treatment plan based on scientific evidence and
research reliable, away from the wrong practices, which comes in the
forefront of jurisprudence medical misconceptions
and the use of certain drugs and medicinal herbs without consulting a
specialist doctor, and calls for action on all axes of the problem and
cooperation between the participants in the education and treatment of
patients with diabetic foot.
And
hopes the research teams to chair Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi Research
diabetic foot to contribute to scientific research conducted in the
coming years to reach a deeper understanding of this health problem
complex, and to contribute to the results of those studies in reducing
this problem and its complications will of God, and to contribute to
research to enrich the literature scientific
research on this issue, as the researchers hope and Collaborators with them to
achieve the innovated scientific contributions and unique methods
of prevention, diagnosis, education and treatment for diabetic foot
ulcer and its complications.
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