Sugar friends' wounds are difficult to heal, and hyperbaric oxygen reduces amputation rate

With the increase of the elderly population and the change of eating habits, the number of diabetic patients is increasing gradually, but diabetic foot ulcer is one of the main reasons why the wound is difficult to heal. Doctors pointed out that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can accelerate the healing of acute and chronic wounds and greatly reduce the rate of amputation, which is not only helpful for diabetes, but also helpful for wound repair of the whole body. (Audio-visual/photojournalist Huang Zhiwen) A 6-year-old grandmother's fingers were blackened due to lack of oxygen, and she was faced with amputation. After hyperbaric oxygen treatment, the blackening of her fingers did not get worse. (Photo/Zhang Shijie)

Ma Jinming, director and surgeon of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Center of Shuanghe Hospital, pointed out that 62-year-old Mr. Su, who lives in Zhonghe, Xinbei City, has been suffering from high blood sugar. In March last year, he accidentally found a small blister on his little toe of his left foot. In just two weeks, he had a similar situation on his fourth toe of his left foot. At that time, a doctor advised him to cut off half of his calf to avoid life-threatening wound infection and necrosis, which frightened Mr. Su.

Fortunately, I learned that hyperbaric oxygen can promote wound healing, so I only cut off a small part of my left palm during the operation in the hospital, and chose to receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment and professional wound care at the same time. Now Mr. Su's wound has completely healed, and he has saved most of his left leg, and he can even run.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps wound healing

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is to allow patients to inhale 1% pure oxygen in a natural way under the atmospheric pressure of more than 1.4 times, so as to increase the dissolved oxygen in blood, which can improve wound healing caused by poor blood circulation and promote cell regeneration. With correct wound care, it is not only helpful for diabetes, but also helpful for wound repair of the whole body.

In the past, many diabetic feet were treated by amputation because high blood sugar prevented collagen from repairing wounds, and vascular sclerosis also caused poor blood circulation and hypoxia of cells. Many doctors were worried that wounds could not heal and lead to sepsis.

Huang Qingwen, the nursing director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen and Problem Wound Center in Shuanghe Hospital, stressed that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can improve the oxygen partial pressure of hypoxic tissues, improve the bactericidal ability of white blood cells and promote the synthesis of collagen by fibroblasts through proper circulation. Many research reports have confirmed that hyperbaric oxygen can accelerate the healing of acute and chronic wounds and greatly reduce the rate of amputation. The establishment of Shuanghe Hospital Hyperbaric Oxygen Center has greatly reduced the rate of amputation, and is helpful to the wound repair of the whole body. (Photography/Zhang Shijie)

Wound healing assessment 3 factors:

1. Circulation: It is an important subject to assess whether patients have proper circulation before receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which is the same as rice must have good ditches if it wants to get sufficient water supply.

2. infection: hypoxia itself will affect the bactericidal ability of white blood cells, and patients with diabetes for a long time often have the problem of immune insufficiency. Once the wound is infected, it will not only seriously affect the wound healing, but also be more likely to be complicated with bacteremia or septicemia.

3. Nutrition: Adequate nutrition is the best raw material to promote wound healing. Patients with low albumin will still affect wound healing even if they have good circulation and infection control.