Diabetic Foot Infection
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قراءة صوتية للكلمات
People
with diabetes have a predisposition for an bacterial bacteremia,
especially in the feet, after an injury or a small wound in the skin,
for many reasons:
o physical
Immunodeficiency
o lack of emotion
o lack of blood supply, and lack of antibiotics and physical (white blood cells) to reach the affected area
o increasing the proportion of sugar in the blood to be a fertile ground for breeding bacteria
Localized inflammation:
o there will be a small area of inflamed, and shows the swelling and redness of the skin, with the hottest place in the
o the patient may not feel pain as a result of the presence of neuropathy and lack of emotion
o the rest of the foot be sound
o can be treated with antibiotics by mouth
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Last Update
3/1/2011 4:54:26 AM
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