Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A 4-Pronged Approach

摘要

The second component of patient education to prevent DFU is informing the patient of the "do's" and "don'ts" of foot health care and wound prevention (Table 3). Common sense "do's" to prevent DFU include keeping skin of the feet and legs clean and well lubricated, having calluses trimmed by professionals, seeking attention for deformities, and wearing white socks if DFU risk factors are present. Gommon sense "don'ts" to prevent DFU include walking barefoot, neglecting innocent appearing foot skin wounds, and smoking. Many of the "do's" and "don'ts" are useful measures for the compliance assessment of the Goal Score.