The increase in foot ulcers, foot infections, amputations in people with diabetes is becoming a burden for patients, their families, and society due to increased financial costs due to the length of hospital stay, the cost of drug use. In the long term, foot ulcers and amputation also reduce the patient's ability to work.
1. Status of foot damage caused by diabetes
According to statistics from IDF in 2017, patients with diabetes are 10-20 times more likely to have a limb amputation than people without diabetes. Every 30 seconds, 1 diabetic patient in the world is amputated.
Overall, the worldwide prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers is about 6.4%. However, in countries with underdeveloped economies like Vietnam, foot ulcers and amputations due to diabetes are very common causes. Foot complications are the cause of increased treatment costs. According to the 2007 statistics, one-third of the cost of diabetes treatment was spent on care costs related to foot complications. Compared with diabetic patients without foot ulcers, the cost for diabetic foot ulcers is 5.4 times higher and the treatment costs for severe foot ulcers are higher. 8 times more than mild foot ulcers.
2. Types of diabetic foot ulcers
2.1. Foot ulcers caused by peripheral artery disease (blood vessel ulcers)
Vascular ulcers are ulcerative lesions that are caused by a narrowed or completely blocked blood vessel. Vascular ulcers have the following characteristics:
2.2 Foot ulcers due to peripheral neuropathy (nerve ulcers)
Peripheral nerve complications cause loss of foot protection, increased foot pressure, foot deformity leading to micro-injuries, tearing of skin and subcutaneous tissue, forming nerve ulcer lesions. This type of injury has the following characteristics:
2.3 Infectious foot ulcers
Foot ulcers are infected when the following features are present: pus discharge from the ulcer, and/or signs of local redness, halo or swelling, local warmth, local tenderness. Infected ulcers also have the characteristics of "secondary" infection such as slow-healing ulcers, abnormal and abundant exudate, necrosis, and foul odor.
3. Multidex- Effective solution for diabetic foot ulcers
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Advantages of Multidex when used for infected ulcers:
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Healing speed is 2-3 times faster than normal.
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Sterilizes and regenerates the skin.
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The product is completely natural and does not cause any side effects.
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The product has been used by doctors in the US for more than 45 years in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, and burns.