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WEIGHT LOSS AND HEALING OF ULCERS – CASE REPORT

JASMINA ŠEREMET ; Ogulin Health Center, Dr. Šeremet General Practice, Ogulin, Croatia
STANISLAVA LAGINJA ; Ogulin General Hospital, Ogulin, Croatia
MARIN MARINOVIĆ ; Rijeka Sušak University Hospital Center, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 2 is one of the most common diseases with a prevalence increasing with age. If blood sugar is not controlled, complications arise and diabetic foot ulcer occurs. Depending on the blood vessels involved, we distinguish venous and arterial ulcers. Venous ulcers respond very well to modern methods of treatment such as compression therapy and hydrocolloid dressings, but for arterial ulcer prevention is most significant, e.g. weight loss, dietary modification, etc. The aim of this study was to show that despite all the available therapeutic options, we cannot cure ulcers completely because the patient’s readiness to change his lifestyle plays a decisive role. Therefore, we present a patient having suffered from venous ulcers for several years and arterial ulcer that healed only after the patient had lost about 20 pounds.

Keywords

obesity; arterial ulcers; weight loss

Hrčak ID:

120459

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/120459

Publication date:

13.4.2014.

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