If a patient's toe turns blue due to diabetes, this is a bad sign and cannot be ignored. But you need to make sure that the blueness is associated with this particular disease. The cause of this condition may be poorly chosen shoes. A simple change of uncomfortable shoes will help to differentiate this and the result will be visible immediately.
Diabetes mellitus has many complications. One of them is diabetic foot syndrome. The reason for this condition is damage to the vascular wall and, as a result, deterioration in the blood supply to organs. Due to metabolic disorders, a huge amount of ballast products accumulate in the blood, which clog the bloodstream. Therefore, there are fewer and fewer functioning vessels, which leads to oxygen starvation of distal tissues and parts of the body, of which the lower extremities are the first to suffer. And as a result, the small vessels that feed the nerves stop working and the innervation is disrupted, the manifestation of which is neuropathy of the legs in diabetes. Risks of developing neuropathy:
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Neuropathy in the legs does not appear immediately. Patients may not notice when and how their legs began to turn blue. First, you can see that the toes are turning blue, then the patient begins to feel tingling, pain when walking for a long time, and a burning sensation. Over time, diabetic legs begin to take on a pale or bluish appearance. And the last stage of the development of the process is complications. Usually they begin to manifest themselves by forming small ulcers that do not bother, but do not heal. It is this stage that makes the patient think and consult a doctor.
I most often diagnose neuropathy in diabetics at the last stage, when the leg can no longer be saved and the only way out is amputation of the limb. To prevent this from happening, if there are any changes in color or sensation, you need to contact an endocrinologist.
If your finger turns blue due to diabetes, glycemia is checked first. The first stage of treatment is to achieve diabetes compensation and keep sugar levels at a constant level. This is achieved with the help of glucose-lowering tablets or insulin therapy, which depends on the type and severity of the disease. To improve innervation and blood supply, the following drugs are used:
In addition to conservative therapy, magnetic therapy and laser therapy are used. But the important thing is that everything depends only on the patient himself. Proper nutrition, appropriate physical activity, periodic visits to the endocrinologist, constant measurements of blood sugar levels will not lead to complications or they are eliminated in the initial stages of development.
It is important how willing the patient is to monitor his condition. After all, prevention includes not only proper nutrition, but also a categorical refusal of alcohol and smoking. The patient must follow the rules of hygiene and care of the lower extremities and prevent the development of a wound process. The patient's shoes should be natural and as comfortable as possible. And of course, if minimal discomfort, blueness, pain or numbness occurs, immediately contact your doctor.
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Hello! My mother (53 years old) suddenly and without reason turned blue in her middle finger. At first there was a small hematoma at the base, by the evening almost the entire finger turned blue. She does not wear rings on this finger, did not lift anything heavy and did not pinch her finger. Tell me what this could be connected with and what to do?
Petrovskaya Anastasia, Polotsk
Most likely, it’s okay, a small vessel burst. If nothing else bothers you other than the color, then no treatment is required.
In absentia, based only on the information presented, it is impossible to give an adequate and substantiated answer. After all, the cause can equally well be surgical, orthopedic, neurological, vascular, or combined in nature. Inspection and basic examinations are required. You need to start by visiting a surgeon.
Hello, three days ago a fish bone got stuck on the left side of the tonsil, I tried to get it out with my finger, I felt it, but I couldn’t catch it, after a while the throat pain stopped. (I drink water and eat food without problems), but I try to be careful. The next day I felt a tingling sensation, immediately began to spray with inhalipt and rinse with a saline solution, then I stopped feeling discomfort, it became hard to swallow and it was as if there was a lump in my throat. I'm very worried, please help.
Hello. A young stray cat approached me on the street. I took her in my arms. I was ironing. Before this, the cat was licking its lips all over. When I came home, I remembered that I had eczema on my fingers (the skin in this place was peeling off, and in some places it had peeled off to the point of bloody wounds). I washed my hands, but after several hours. Please tell me, is there a chance of contracting rabies in my case if saliva from an animal’s fur gets on my wound?
The arm in the area of the hand has failed, it cannot be straightened, the fingers are bent, but the fist cannot be closed completely! What to do
Hello. My child is 2 years old. Today, while walking on the street, a child saw fresh traces of the blood of an animal (most likely a dog) and touched it with his hand. I wiped the blood from my hand. But while we were walking home, the child put the finger of this hand in his mouth. Teeth are cutting in the mouth. There is a wound in the mouth from teeth. Very worried. Could the child become infected with tetanus or rabies? Akds vaccinations were not given according to medical standards. Recusal. And what to do next?
Hello. There is a young man, he deprived me of his fingers. Recently it got to the point where he entered me halfway, then continued with his fingers and the blood began to flow. Why did she go? If you've already lost it. After that, as he entered me, I then began to have more brown discharge, pain in the vagina, and my stomach ached. What is this for? Very worried.
Hello! Please tell me whether there is a risk of contracting HIV infection in this situation: The child has a fresh scratch on his leg (apparently he scratched himself with a nail). Not bleeding, but clearly fresh. Today the child had a massage, at the end of the massage I saw that the masseuse had a deep cut on her finger. There was no blood coming from it, but it was deep. With this hand she massaged her leg with a scratch. I massaged my leg with oil for quite a long time. She washed her hands before the massage.
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Good day. My mother (44 years old) after physical. load, the ring finger is swollen on the inside, as if there was a “tight pillow”, it hurts a little, it seems like a blood vessel has burst.
Can’t mom go to the hospital? Or asks his daughter to ask on the forum?
Let him stick his hand into the snowdrift.
If your finger is swollen and blue, then it’s okay. will pass. and if it doesn’t go away, then go to the hospital. in general, so as not to just go to the hospital, not to waste time and money, and also not to irritate doctors with your appearance and not to create queues in hospitals for people who really need urgent medical care - wait and see how your finger behaves in the coming a few days
It seems to me that my mother, at 44 years old, will perfectly understand what needs to be done in this case.
Well, it’s still cold, and then there’s the emergency room or see the surgeon tomorrow. Heparin ointment rules))
Unfortunately yes. I'm from Ekaterinburg. What happens, I’ll have to fly to Moscow.
This happens to me after going to the gym, it’s a vessel inside that burst, cold, rest, then there will be a big bruise that will resolve in a week.
Run to the traumatologist!
Yes, right. Place the snow on your finger and hold it. And then try not to injure yourself and keep your hand at rest. It will pass in a few days.
Call Gorgaz urgently.
A very effective way: soak a cotton cloth in a strong, hot salt solution in several layers and wrap your finger for several hours. Helps.
If you are in Moscow, then go to the emergency room. You can find the address on the Internet
Are there trauma centers only in Moscow? ebvr
I don't know what other cities have or don't have. I’m talking about Moscow because I live here and I know for sure that there are emergency rooms and you can go there at any time.
Yes, you don’t know anything further than your own Moscow and don’t want to know, but it’s not fate to think that these emergency rooms exist in any more or less large populated area?
Yesterday my finger was swollen and a little blue, today I’m a little worried, wait until it goes away on its own or should I go to a traumatologist
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