Complications and risk management of diabetic foot ulcer: A review

Abstract

The rise in the cases of people affected by Diabetes is exponential in the last decade the disease can be controlled but not completely treated. One of the micro vascular complication of the disease is diabetic foot ulcer. Patients affected with diabetes have foot problems because of damage in nerve and blood vessel. In severe cases or unmanaged conditions these skin ulcers do not mend, or become complicated leading to the extreme cases of amputation of the affected limb. This mini review covers comprehensive but concise topics about the clinical manifestations symptoms, demographics of the disease basic strategies of risk management of diabetic foot ulcer.