CHARACTERISTICS OF DIABETIC FOOT LESION IN TYPE-2 DIABETIC PATIENTS OF NORTH KARNATAKA

Abstract

India has ranked first in the list of ten nations most affected with diabetes (1, 2). Around 15% of diabetic patients got affected with diabetic foot lesion during their lifetime (2), this can be associated with poor diabetic control, barefoot walking and lack of education which will complicate diabetes mellitus (3). Despite the efforts of conservative therapy, there will always be a percentage of foot lesions that necessitates hospitalization. In general, the development of diabetic foot lesion is mainly related to local trauma, neuropathy and deformity (4, 5). In India neuropathy (13%-78%), microangiopathy (16%-53%) and diabetic foot lesion are the common complications of diabetes mellitus (6, 7) leading to disability, morbidity and mortality in the patients. Thus the objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of diabetic foot lesion in patients of type-2 diabetes of north Karnataka. MATERIAL & METHODS: