Diabetic foot syndrome – severe complication of diabetes. Prophylaxis and care

Pacholec Agata. Diabetic foot syndrome – severe complication of diabetes. Prophylaxis and care. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(8):424-428. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3379057 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7330 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.08.2019. Revised: 15.08.2019. Accepted: 27.08.2019. Diabetic foot syndrome – severe complication of diabetes. Prophylaxis and care Agata Pacholec¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland Corresponding author: agatapacholec98@gmail.com ABSTRACT Diabetes is an incurable metabolic disease whose neglect can lead to serious health complications. It is caused by a malfunction or insulin secretion by the pancreas. Diabetes is more and more often diagnosed in society and has become a disease of civilization. An increase in the incidence of diabetes is expected in the coming years. Inadequate treatment and inadequate control may cause hyperglycaemia, causing a number of consequences associated with an increase in glycaemia levels. Diabetic foot syndrome causes damage to peripheral nerves or vessels of the foot. Early detection of abnormalities allows to take appropriate action, therefore an important element of prevention of a person suffering from diabetes is foot control. Ignoring the symptoms may lead to the development of ulceration and infection or even at a later stage to amputation of the limb. The aim of the study is to present appropriate prophylaxis, care and treatment in the care of a patient with diabetic foot syndrome. The paper is based on a review of articles in reputable journals from the last few years. Key words: diabetic foot syndrome, prophylaxes, therapy, diabetes complication