Factors Affecting Healing Process of Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose, is a serious and growing problem. Diabetes is associated with high rates of hospitalization, blindness, renal failure and non-traumatic amputation. In cases where lower extremity amputation is required, health care (Mustafa, Iqbal, Pravez, 2017). Diabetes is a Global epidemic and worldwide disease. Diabetic effects various system of the body, one of those is foot. “A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is any full-thickness wound below the ankle in a diabetic patient, irrespective of duration. People with diabetes are 15 times more likely to undergo a lower-extremity amputation than their non-diabetic counterpart. Diabetic foot problem cause increase morbidly and mortality. Incident of Diabetic foot can be reduced by identifying various risk factors and by patient’s education (Ahmed, Asif, Saleem, Abdulmajeed, 2017).