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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Researchers at the Manchester Royal Infirmary’s Diabetes Centre and Vascular Surgery Department together with microbiologists from The University of Manchester have recruited the first patient into a global study evaluating the best surgical practice to remove dead tissue from wounds that fail to heal effectively.
The results of the study may lead to changes in clinical care that significantly improve quality of life for patients with diabetes.
Around 2.9 million people in the UK are known to suffer from diabetes, and the condition can lead to a marked loss of feeling in the feet which, coupled with poor circulation, makes the development of foot ulcers relatively common. Ulcers can quite easily become infected and typically take a very long time to heal. In severe cases, the infection can spread to the surrounding bone and joints and become gangrenous, at which point it is necessary to amputate the limb.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=11901
The results of the study may lead to changes in clinical care that significantly improve quality of life for patients with diabetes.
Around 2.9 million people in the UK are known to suffer from diabetes, and the condition can lead to a marked loss of feeling in the feet which, coupled with poor circulation, makes the development of foot ulcers relatively common. Ulcers can quite easily become infected and typically take a very long time to heal. In severe cases, the infection can spread to the surrounding bone and joints and become gangrenous, at which point it is necessary to amputate the limb.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=11901