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| What are the complications of diabetic foot amputation? |
Overview
The patient has had diabetes for more than 20 years. In the first few years, the patient did not have obvious discomfort. Later, blood sugar control has been unstable, sometimes as high as 28, 29, and sometimes can be controlled to 4 A few or so, I have not seen it before going to the special diabetes hospital system. I have been controlling my diet. I found a wound on my foot a month ago. I didn’t care at the time. Later, it appeared to be rotten and smelly. After I went to the hospital for examination, I found out that it was suffering. With the disease of diabetic foot, what are the complications after the amputation of diabetic foot?
Step / Method:
1. Clinically, patients with diabetes amputation have a higher probability of infection after surgery than non-diabetic patients. Therefore, once the patient has an abscess after surgery, it must be promptly drained and nursed, otherwise it may even need to be severe. Amputation surgery is performed again.
2. In addition, almost every patient who has amputated limbs will have a phenomenon of phantom limbs, and it will also cause pain. However, most of these phenomena will subside on their own, but if the disease persists for a long time, then it is necessary to take physiotherapy and nerve closure methods for comprehensive treatment.
3, In addition, patients are also prone to joint contractures, which is mainly caused by improper treatment of patients after surgery, so it is recommended that patients must strengthen joint exercise after surgery, if necessary, can be combined with plaster external fixation The method is treated.
Precautions:
It is recommended that during the treatment period, the diet should be based on soft foods and avoid eating hard foods. In addition, patients should avoid participating in intense exercise during treatment to avoid affecting the recovery of the condition.
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