1.Understanding Diabetes
1. Meaning of diabetes:-
Diabetes is a case that the body can’t control on the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood because of the pancreas can’t produce suitable insulin, or the body cells are impedance the action of insulin. 2. The use of glucose in a healthy body
2. A. What is in carbohydrate?
A carbohydrate is a food that contains sugar. If you eat carbohydrate foods such as rice, bread, potatoes or cereals. It will be broken into glucose then the action of glucose will be burned. The glucose will be the origin of energy.
2. B. What are the main hormones in glucose?
Insulin and glucagon are the two main hormones that can be working on controlling the blood glucose. These two hormones produced in a
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Diabetic foot ulcer:-
The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot in 2007 advised the importance of inspecting footwear; evaluating the type of ulcer; documenting its location, size, and depth; and checking for infection in patients with a new foot ulcer.
3. when you should suspect you are infected diabetic foot?
Infection in diabetic foot have many evidence such as erythema, tenderness, discharge, or localized increase in temperature, but there is no evidence is reliable of infection.
4. Managing infected in diabetic foot:
NICE guidelines state that infection in the diabetic foot is a medical emergency and that patients must be referred to a specialist team within 24 hours. New ulceration, new swelling, or new discoloration over part or all of the foot these are some features that need a specialist team for diabetic foot.
5.Factors for dressing:-
1. A. There are some factors for choosing the dress for the patient that have the diabetic foot. For example, the dress must be comfortable. Also, it not becomes worse pain in dressing and should also help the patient to manage the infection of the disease.
1. B. There is an environment has to be recognizing that’s help for healing. It is called ‘’A moist