Prevention of Diabetic Foot: Indian Experience

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease, is a major risk factor leading to mortality and morbidity due to its potential microvascular and macrovascular complications. The most common cause of hospitalization among diabetics is the diabetic foot infection, apparently, it is the most severe complication and at the same time, the therapy is expensive too. Amputation is 10–20 times more common among diabetic people than non-diabetics, in particular, it is estimated that every 30 s a lower limb or a part of the lower limb is lost somewhere in the world as a consequence of diabetes [1].