Tangerang (ANTARA) – Dr. Jimmy Tandradynata as a specialist in internal medicine at Diabetes Connection Care (DCC) Eka Hospital BSD, South Tangerang, stated that prevention of amputation for people with diabetes can be done by early detection through examination of the peripheral nerves of the legs and screening for narrowing of blood vessels in the legs.
“Like most diabetes complications prevention, diabetic foot can also be prevented by controlling blood sugar. In addition, the appearance of a number of injuries in the foot area is an early symptom that people with diabetes need to watch out for. Therefore, consultation and treatment with a specialist is necessary as an effort. preventive amputation measures, “said Dr. Jimmy Tandradynata at Eka Hospital Serpong Saturday.
He explained that people with diabetes are a group that is prone to leg amputations because they have the potential to experience obstruction of blood vessel flow, nervous disorders, and infection in the legs. “If not handled properly, it can lead to amputation,” he said.
There are a number of conditions for which diabetes patients are forced to take amputation, namely blockage of blood vessels that reduces blood flow to the tips of the feet and slows down tissue healing if there is an injury.
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Large blockages can also cause the death of leg tissue due to insufficient nutrients and oxygen to the tips of the feet and make the feet black.
“Severe conditions cause the death of the leg tissue so amputation is the option chosen as an action to save the patient’s life,” he said
Erwin Suyanto as Head of Marketing Corporate at Eka Hospital added that Eka Hospital’s Diabetes Connection Care (DCC) provides consultation for diabetic foot wounds accompanied by assessing the condition of the feet and diabetes wounds, checking blood sugar at any time, and consulting with specialist doctors.
“If it is known and handled properly, amputation can be prevented. Diabetic foot wound consultation is one of the services we provide for proper treatment so that it does not lead to amputation. We hope that Eka Hospital’s Diabetes Connection Care (DCC) can become a destination as well as a friend for people with diabetes to regularly control their health, “he said. *
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Reporter: Achmad Irfan
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