TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Diabetes mellitus Diabetes or diabetes is a disease characterized by high blood sugar levels. There are four types of diabetes, namely type 1, type 2, gestational, and other types. Quoting from the website of the Directorate of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, the Ministry of Health, some of the symptoms of diabetes include dry, itchy skin, infections, wounds, and bruises that take a long time to heal.
The American Diabetes Association reports that skin problems in diabetic patients are caused by several things. Among them, namely infection bacteria and mushrooms.
Diabetic patients are easily infected with bacteria. Several different organisms can cause infection, the most common being staphylococcal bacteria. Before antibiotics were invented, bacterial infections used to be life threatening for diabetic patients. Currently, antibiotics and methods of controlling blood sugar have developed, reducing the risk of getting worse.
fungal infection in diabetic patients is often caused by Candida albicans. This yeast-like fungus causes an itchy rash on moist areas of skin that becomes inflamed. Usually the skin of diabetic patients who are infected with fungi is like a blister. Fungal infections often occur in warm folds of skin such as under the breasts, nails, fingers and toes, mouth, foreskin, armpits and groin.
HENDRIK KHOIRUL MUHID
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