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How are foot ulcers due to circulation treated?
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How are foot ulcers due to circulation treated?

Dr Prashant Vas, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains how quickly ulcers due to lack of blood supply (circulation) should be seen and investigated and treated. Not only does he talk about improving blood supply but also about controlling blood sugar and blood pressure which all contribute to success.

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Ulcers related to circulatory problems should be seen as soon as possible within specialist multidisciplinary clinics. From then on we would do a vascular assessment to see what extent of the circulatory damage is and then you will see a vascular surgeon to assess whether the circulation problem needs immediate intervention or intervention if the wounds don't go on to heal in a planned sort of way. Intervention could be an angioplasty very similar to how heart angioplasties are done, but now in the leg blood vessels, or a bypass to the blood vessels of the leg and foot. Alongside this, they would need managing of any medical problems that exist, in particular if there are heart problems and fluid problems in the leg, we'd like this to be optimized so that it allows the leg and the foot to recover post-intervention. And it's very important to control blood pressure, blood cholesterol, as well as diabetes control, not to forget ensuring that there is always aspirin another blood thinner on board to make sure that any of the interventions we've done to improve the circulation have a higher chance of success.

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