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Old Aged, Diabetic, Have Gangrene In Foot, Advised Leg Amputation. How To Save Leg?
My mother in law is 74 yrs old and she has high blood sugar (522), now she started to have gangrene in her foot . the doctors said that she should amputate her leg. Is there a way not to amputate? they didn t make a picture of her leg. they just checked it and saw that it was in bad condition. Can you please help us? is there any medication that she should take to stop this gangrene? thank you
Mon, 29 Jul 2013
Hello,
Your mother is having uncontrolled diabetes with gangrene in her foot. Gangrene
can be clinically diagnosed and there will a line of demarcation to assess the blood supply area or a vascular sono study will reveal till what area the blood supply is good. No medication to stop this gangrene. Early amputation and good control of diabetes with insulin is the only way to save the remaining limb.
Best wishes
Your mother is having uncontrolled diabetes with gangrene in her foot. Gangrene
can be clinically diagnosed and there will a line of demarcation to assess the blood supply area or a vascular sono study will reveal till what area the blood supply is good. No medication to stop this gangrene. Early amputation and good control of diabetes with insulin is the only way to save the remaining limb.
Best wishes
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