DIABETIC FOOT ULCER: A CASE STUDY

Authors

  • Dr. Manjunath S Naregal

Abstract

An ulcer is a break in the continuity of the covering epithelium — skin or mucous membrane. It may either follow molecular death of the surface epithelium or its traumatic removal.

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder which is characterised by multiple long-term complications that affect almost every system in the body. Foot ulcers are one of the main complications of diabetes mellitus.

Here we report a case of infected diabetic foot ulcer.

 

Key words - Diabetic foot, infected wound, Ulcer.

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2021-12-30

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