DIABETIC FOOT

"Clinical alteration of neuropathic base and induced by hyperglycemia maintained, in which with or without the coexistence of ischemia, and after a traumatic trigger, produces injury and / or ulceration of the foot "(SEACV consensus on diabetic foot 1997)

 The nursing staff must get the patient that the most important on diabetic foot is PREVENTION.

 

Teach the patient to practice self-care like:

-Healthy nutrition: glucose stability, adequate protein intake, vitamins and minerals.

-Exercising daily

-Glucose control best with self-analysis.

-Right taking medication

-No smoking

-Do not use corn removers or blades for feet, avoid "the bathroom surgery"

-Cut toenails straight without approaching too close to the skin, the important filing of them.

-Revision shoe

-Daily hygiene, wash your feet daily with warm water and dry insisting on the interdigital spaces.

-Moisturize your feet with moisturizer and change socks often without seams.

 

From consultations we will make the patient monitored to check the proper foot care and attend to all the doubts and questions that may arise to the patient.

 

 

                                     Vanessa Palomares Garcia

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• Development of a clinical pathway on diabetic foot. Alcalá, Diego de, Aguayo, José Luis; Soria, Victor; Illan, Fatima Aguirán, Luis Miguel, Perez-Abad, Juan Mariano, Andreo,  Jose Antonio. Published in Healthcare Quality. 2003 18:235-43. - Vol.18 No. 04

•  The diabetic foot.Aragón Sanchez, F Javier;  Ortiz Remacha, Pedro Pablo. Publishedin Rev Soc Andaluza Traumatol Ortol. 2001, 21:254-5. - vol.21 No. 02