PHCC calls to avoid neglecting diabetic foot

Doha: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has called on diabetic patients not to neglect diabetic foot and that its main symptoms are wounds, swelling, and bacterial and fungal infections.

Family medicine specialist at Al Wakra Health Center Dr. Murad Mutlaq Miqdadi, said that the prevention of diabetic foot problems should be a main goal for any diabetic patient of any kind, pointing out that the best way to protect the feet is to control the blood sugar rate within the normal levels determined by the doctor for each patient individually. Diabetic foot is defined as a disease that affects diabetics due to the high level of sugar in the blood for a long time, which begins with the appearance of some pathological symptoms in the foot such as wounds, ulcers, swelling, and bacterial and fungal infections.