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Suggest Remedy For Swollen Toes In Diabetics

my dad underwent a surgery on his toe, he is a diabetic and his wound is not healing and he has swelling on his toe. He is trying to control his sugar levels by various medications but the doctors are going for amputation of his toe after four days. The toe is not black and is not stinking. Please advise
Tue, 23 Sep 2014
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Dear madam/sir
i can understand your concern
i am very sorry for condition of your dad
in my opinion the toe might have been in the state of gangrene.
gangrene is a condition in which the blood supply for that organ is blocked and making it to turn black colour.There will not be any viable tissue in that organ.
the best treatment for gangrene will be removal of the non viable tissue.
For the toe amputation is the only option.
in this kind of scenario there might be uncontrolled blood sugar due to infection in the body.starting insulin and continuing it until wound heals is the best option.
insulin will reduce the recovery time and helps fast healing of wound along with good control of diabetes.
regards
Dr vamsi
Diabetologist
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Suggest Remedy For Swollen Toes In Diabetics

Dear madam/sir i can understand your concern i am very sorry for condition of your dad in my opinion the toe might have been in the state of gangrene. gangrene is a condition in which the blood supply for that organ is blocked and making it to turn black colour.There will not be any viable tissue in that organ. the best treatment for gangrene will be removal of the non viable tissue. For the toe amputation is the only option. in this kind of scenario there might be uncontrolled blood sugar due to infection in the body.starting insulin and continuing it until wound heals is the best option. insulin will reduce the recovery time and helps fast healing of wound along with good control of diabetes. regards Dr vamsi Diabetologist