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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF WOUND IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

Dr. Muhammad Rehman Waheed, Dr. Junaid Amjad, Dr. Javaria Ahmad

Wound healing is a challenge among diabetic population. Wound complications like infection, chronicity, dehiscence is more commonly associated with diabetes than non-diabetics. The management of the wound in diabetics will be discussed in this paper. The measures to manage wound in diabetics include optimal glycemic control, debridement, wise use of antibiotics according to culture results, regular and careful antiseptic or wound wash measures, adequate moisturizing and reducing the wound pressure. The novel management options like using autologous skin transplants for those wounds which are difficult to heal by standard therapy will be discussed in this paper.

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