Effective management of diabetic ulcers and sores

Diabetes has many complications shutting down several systems and organs if not managed appropriately. [iStockphoto]

Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when blood glucose (blood sugar), is high. This occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys the pancreatic cells that produce insulin leading to Type 1 Diabetes or Type 2 diabetes whereby the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or the body doesn't respond to the insulin produced.

Recent statistics from WHO indicate that diabetic individuals globally stand at approximately 830 million out of which approximately 2.3 million patients are in Kenya, a worrying figure, according to the International Diabetes Federation.