Diabetic foot syndrome - Vascular pathology clinic

Diabetic foot

Diabetic foot syndrome develops in more than 10% of patients with diabetes. The main reason is the late referral of a patient with diabetes to an endocrinologist. In patients with diabetes, high glucose levels cause destructive changes in the blood vessels and nervous system.

The long course of the disease leads to serious structural changes:

Cardiovascular system: the risk of heart attack and stroke increases by 2 times due to damage to large vessels.
Eyesight: Diabetic retinopathy can lead to gradual or complete loss of vision.
Kidneys: renal failure develops, which may require hemodialysis.
Nervous system (polyneuropathy): leg pain, tingling, numbness, and loss of sensation in the extremities appear.
Lower extremities: due to poor wound healing and impaired blood flow, there is a risk of developing “diabetic foot” and subsequent amputation.

Patients with diabetes should be examined by an endocrinologist, neurologist and surgeon with a frequency of 1 time in three months to 1 time in a year, depending on the risk group. The above recommendation regarding examination intervals does not apply to those patients who have open wounds – in this case they should be under constant medical supervision.

Treatment: to prevent the development of lower limb damage, death of nerves, skin, subcutaneous tissue, the development of gangrene, and to treat diabetic foot syndrome, our clinic provides comprehensive treatment.

In the initial stages of the disease and with regular treatment, the progression of the disease can be stopped. This gives patients the opportunity to live and work fully.

In advanced stages of the disease, with the appearance of edema, ulcers, and symptoms of gangrene, treatment becomes much more complicated and takes longer – weeks, months, depending on the degree of development of the diabetic foot. But even then, in most cases, we manage to stop the painful process and save the limb.