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Suggest Remedy For Soreness In Cut On Foot

Hi, I have a brother that is diebitic and has a cute on his foot. it is swollen. He went to the doctor and the nurse said for him to go the the hospital to have it check out and make sure is not gangurring. cant spell it. He has been cleansing it and putting Iodine on it and soaking it. He says the bubble that in side cute busted and its draining out. He says he cant hardly was on it. I trying to get him to check in to the hospital, but no luck.in the mean time he tring to keep it clean. Is there any good medicine I can get to keep it clean, untill I can get him to go to the hospital and check it out.
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Thank you for you question. Diabetes is a chronic condition and its complications predisposes people to have chronic wounds on the lower limbs which can lead to gangrene and cause lead to an amputation of the said limb. This situation is worsened when the Diabetes is poorly followed up. I would ask you to first of all check his blood glucose level with a One stop machine and make sure it is within normal values for diabetic patients ie 1 - 2 g/l, secondly verify if he is taking his diabetes medications, do twice daily wound dressings of the wound on his foot with Iodine solution and clean sterile gauze and band it afterwards, take a broad spectrum antibiotic like Ciprofloxacine 500mg tabs 1 tab twice daily. Consult a diabetologist when you can. Good luck
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Suggest Remedy For Soreness In Cut On Foot

Thank you for you question. Diabetes is a chronic condition and its complications predisposes people to have chronic wounds on the lower limbs which can lead to gangrene and cause lead to an amputation of the said limb. This situation is worsened when the Diabetes is poorly followed up. I would ask you to first of all check his blood glucose level with a One stop machine and make sure it is within normal values for diabetic patients ie 1 - 2 g/l, secondly verify if he is taking his diabetes medications, do twice daily wound dressings of the wound on his foot with Iodine solution and clean sterile gauze and band it afterwards, take a broad spectrum antibiotic like Ciprofloxacine 500mg tabs 1 tab twice daily. Consult a diabetologist when you can. Good luck