Diabetes complications: amputations and their consequences
Experts, as reported by PAP, drew attention to the serious consequences of diabetic foot syndrome, including amputations. Diabetologist and endocrinologist prof. Małgorzata Szelachowska emphasized that the mortality risk of a patient after amputation is as much as 30%. Changes after the procedure may also affect the patient’s psyche. She cited the example of a patient who, after an amputation, received psychiatric treatment due to suicidal thoughts. (HERE you can read how Mateusz Lewandowski, M.D., answered questions about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot).
Director of the Podlasie National Health Fund, Anna Rzemek, drew attention to the growing number of people suffering from diabetes in Poland. According to estimates, over 3 million Poles struggle with this disease, and in the province Podlaskie, it is over 93 thousand. people.
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A call for prevention and early tests
The actor of the Białystok Puppet Theater, Adam Zieleniecki, who suffers from diabetes himself, appealed to everyone to take care of their own health. He talked about his experiences with the disease, which influenced his professional life. — I didn’t feel it, but ohI just got such a lump on my foot that it turned out that I had to cut off my toes. It’s also a silent disease, but I warn everyone, take care of yourself, just make sure you get tested beforehand, said the actor quoted by PAP.
The University Clinical Hospital in Białystok invites people with diabetes for consultations as part of the Diabetic Foot Awareness Week, which will take place on November 17 at 12.00-14.00. Specialists will assess the health condition of one hundred patients.
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The importance of patient education and cooperation in diabetes treatment
Prof. Marzena Wojewódzka-Żelezniakowicz, deputy director for treatment at USK, drew attention to the multi-faceted impact of diabetes on patients’ lives. She noted, as described by PAP, that the disease requires not only… appropriate pharmacological treatmentbut also constant education of patients in the field of care, nutrition and everyday functioning. She emphasized that the Białystok hospital has the only diabetic foot clinic in the region and a hyperbaric chamber, which support the treatment of diabetes complications.
— We offer treatment, pharmacological care, wound care, and dressing changes, but without the patient’s cooperation, without the patient’s awareness of how he should live, there will be no good treatment effect — she explained during the conference.
In turn, prof. Małgorzata Szelachowska drew attention to the difficulties in diagnosing diabetes, which can develop for up to 10 years without symptoms. As she emphasized, One of the first symptoms of the disease is the diabetic foot. — If we had diagnosed diabetes earlier, if patients had been so educated that they would have known when to go to a diabetic foot clinic, then when it comes to diabetic foot syndrome, it would be 100% safe. curable – she told PAP.
Szelachowska explained that the changes associated with diabetic foot syndrome affect muscles, skin, vessels, nerves and bones. She drew attention to symptoms that should worry patients, such as numbness or a feeling of cold. She emphasized that most patients with diabetic foot syndrome suffer from neuropathy, which means they do not feel pain, which can lead to serious damage to the feet.
