Tribunnews.com reporter, Eko Sutriyanto
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, BALIKPAPAN – Diabetes, commonly known as sugar disease (diabetes) is a chronic disease characterized by an increase in blood sugar (glucose) levels within the normal threshold.
This condition occurs periodically and can be accompanied by various accompanying symptoms.
Dr Arie Wibisono Sp.BP-RE of Siloam Hospitals Balikpapan said that this chronic disease is generally experienced by the community with several risk factors, including age over 40, family history, obesity, stress and so on.
“Sugar is used by the body to be turned into energy, processing blood sugar requires enough insulin to produce adequate energy,” he said Monday (10/17/2022) during his training entitled “Wound Care for Diabetes Patients” in Jakarta.
Lifestyle and excessive sugar consumption along with these risk factors can cause high blood sugar levels.
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So that the insulin levels are not enough to be able to turn sugar into energy and force the pancreas as a source of insulin to work harder.
If this condition lasts for a long time, he said that under certain conditions the pancreas will experience a state of “fatigue”.
As a result the insulin does not work optimally and there is still a lot of sugar that is not absorbed.
“In addition to having an impact on organ complications in the body, people with diabetes he must be aware of the emergence of open wounds on the skin, especially leg injuries, ”Arie said.
Arie Wibisono said, Diabetic ulcers are open sores like ulcers that appear on the bottom of the patient’s feet. diabetes uncontrolled.
If proper treatment is not obtained, diabetic foot wounds can become infected and develop complications that can be severe enough to need to be amputated.
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The good news is that diabetes wounds can still be prevented and treated depending on the degree of injury.
