Volume 26, Issue 128, October 2022

A diabetic amputee with a post-operative complication of a non-healing ulcer - A case report

Purva Shahade¹, Shubhangi Patil^2♦

¹Intern, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute Of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha – 442001, Maharashtra, India
²Professor and HOD, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute Of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha – 442001, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor and HOD, Department of Community Health Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute Of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha – 442001, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

The patient is a 58-year-old male diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus 10 years back and is having loss of sensation in his bilateral lower limbs. Physical therapy intervention prescribed here focuses on functional exercises to help him gain independence. Diabetes mellitus is commonly known as a group of metabolic types of disorders. It eventually results in high blood glucose levels, excessive urge for urination, increased thirst, blurring of vision, tingling sensation, sweating as well as many more symptoms. Diabetes is responsible for increasing the chances of gangrene. Depending on the type of gangrene, amputation is usually advised. The foremost goal of rehabilitation is to enhance limb strength as well as flexibility and cardiovascular ability. The goal of our case study is to explain the importance of physiotherapy in the rehabilitation of a diabetic amputee to the reader.

Keywords: Rehabilitation, amputation, physiotherapy, Gait training

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms426e2190

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i128/ms426e2190

Published: 26 October 2022