What you eat directly impacts how fast diabetic wounds heal. Sugary foods spike blood glucose, feeding bacteria and weakening immune cells. White bread, pasta, and rice cause rapid sugar spikes...... Read More
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Your white blood cells are wound infection fighters, but high blood sugar literally disables them. Excess glucose molecules stick to white blood cell surfaces, preventing them from moving quickly to...... Read More
Smoking destroys diabetic wound healing through multiple deadly mechanisms. Nicotine constricts blood vessels, reducing already-poor circulation even more. Carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in blood, starving wounds of the oxygen they...... Read More
Diabetic wounds send clear warning signals before becoming life-threatening. Redness spreading beyond half a centimeter from the wound edge means infection is advancing. Discharge changing from clear to yellow or...... Read More
Diabetic wounds that heal and then return in the same spot signal unresolved underlying problems. Usually it\'s continued pressure that caused the original wound. The wound heals but the pressure...... Read More