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RELATIONSHIP OF HYPOMAGNESEMIA AND DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Waddah Abdulsattar Abu-Talib1 ,Omar Abdullah Alfarhan2 ,Razan Mohammad Aljohani3 , Sara Ahmed Aledreesi 4 ,Mariam Hussain Alabndi 5 , Muna Darwish Fadhel6

Hypomagnesemia has been suggested to be associated with diabetes, its pathogenesis, complications, and comorbidities. This fact has been explained as a link between hypomagnesemia and decreasing of tyrosine-kinase activity at the insulin receptor level, which may lead to the impairment of insulin action and the occurrence of insulin resistance. Hypomagnesemia is correlated o the incidence of neuropathy and abnormal platelet activity, both of which are risk factors for the progression of the feet ulcer. There is also evidence that magnesium supplementation may be related to decreasing in the occurrence of diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications and comorbidities. Keywords: Hypomagnesemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Foot Ulcer.

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