Diabetes increases the incidence of foot ulcer admissions by 11-fold, accounting for more than 80% of all amputations and increasing hospital costs more than 10-fold over the 5 years. The majority of these costs are related to the treatment of infected foot ulcers.
Proper nutrition is essential for maintaining overall health and wellness. Nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and other bioactive compounds are crucial in various physiological processes, including metabolism, immune function, and tissue repair. However, traditional oral supplementation of nutrients can pose challenges such as low bioavailability, gastrointestinal discomfort, and compliance issues.
Poor circulation is a common but often overlooked cause of chronic pain, fibromyalgia, neuropathy, and other conditions. A recent estimate suggests that 8 million Americans have peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Let’s give our feet a little more credit. Here’s how they can alert you to serious issues like diabetes, thyroid disease, and heart disease before you can even get to the doctor’s office.
Physicians caution, however, that rest is an important part of weathering a COVID-19 infection. Plugging away from home is better than putting others at risk of getting infected, but it can still strain the immune system, worsening the toll of a COVID infection, experts say.
Stroke occurs when there is decreased blood supply to part of the brain either due to a narrowing or blockage or when there is a rupture of a vessel leading to bleeding and compression of the brain that can cause brain damage, neurological deficits and disability, and sometimes even death.
Research has zeroed in on a few probable causes of long Covid, perhaps the most intriguing of which is the idea that the coronavirus sometimes lingers in the body undetected for months after an initial infection.
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Written by: Dr. Dusan, M.D. What is the structure and role of microcirculation? The ‘end’ of the circulation is the microcirculation of terminal vascular beds,
