ulcers
DIABETIC FOOT
The term “Diabetic Foot” describes a typical diabetes syndrome that can have different severity levels, from morphological and functional alterations to cutaneous ulceration and necrosis, with or without infection and/or destruction of deep tissues; to this, neurological alterations and vascular obstructions of variable entity (WHO; “International consensus and practical guidelines on the management and the prevention of the diabetic foot”) can be associated.
The term “Diabetic Foot” describes a typical diabetes syndrome that can have different severity levels, from morphological and functional alterations to cutaneous ulceration and necrosis, with or without infection and/or destruction of deep tissues; to this, neurological alterations and vascular obstructions of variable entity (WHO; “International consensus and practical guidelines on the management and the prevention of the diabetic foot”) can be associated.
