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Sores and bruises

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SuzieforGraham

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Hi, My brother-in-law, Graham, is a 58 year old, learning disabled, type 2 diabetic and has 24 hour care in a Shared Lives placement. He was diagnosed 4 years ago and has taken medication for the diabetes since then and (recently prescribed) medication to help prevent heart attack. We live 4 hours away from Graham but continually support and enable him. We became aware that Graham has sores and bruises on his leg, a family member noticed it so we got her to send us a photograph. Based on the photograph, we asked his "carer" to take him to the doctors. The result is that Graham " has been scratching himself so much that he's made sores and bruises on his leg". Definitely nothing to do with his diabetes...............??????........I myself am amazed based on the limited knowledge I have........ Am I missing something? This has never happened before. We try to ensure Graham uses his E45 cream daily on his feet because he has (as a result of his diabetes) had toenails removed and has regular visits to the chiropractor..........sorry to be so long winded but my question is......How does the doctor know it is nothing to do with his diabetes just by "looking" at it?
 
If one of the tablets is Metformin then I have personal experience of the itching it can cause - but I could not report it and the other problems I had because, I was told, I took a statin at the same time and it was not possible to do a dual report - so of course the tablets are 'benign and beneficial' because reports can't be made about them.
A controlled diabetic eating a low carb diet might not need medication - so I do wonder if the care home is relying on the tablet to do all the work whilst serving him the usual 'healthy' diet everyone else gets. Loosing toenails is not part of being a controlled diabetic.
 
I am T2 and prone to sores on my legs, which also take forever to heal; I have been told that both of these are due to poor circulation. In my case it's definitely part of my being T2.
 
Also don’t forget some folk react to E45 cream, which would also provoke itching and scratching.
 
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