DIABETIC FOOT SURGERY TREATMENT
A. Definition
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a hereditary metabolic disease that mostly, demham signs of hyperglycemia and glucosuria, accompanied by clinical symptoms or absence of acute or chronic, as a result of the lack of effective insulin in the body, lies in the primary disorder of carbohydrate metabolism that is usually accompanied too fat and protein metabolism disorders. (Askandar, 2000).
Gangrene is the process or condition that is characterized by the presence of dead or necrotic tissue, but a microbiological process of necrosis is caused by infection. (Askandar, 2001).
B. Classification
A. Diabetes Mellitus
a. Type I diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
Patients are very dependent on insulin due to an autoimmune process that attacks the insulin. IDDM is the type of DM-derived (Inherited).
b. Type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
Type of DM is influenced by both heredity and environmental factors. A person has a substantial risk of suffering from NIDDM if their parents are people with DM and adopt the wrong lifestyle.
c. Gestational DM
DM of this type tend to occur in pregnant women and the family members who are also suffering from DM. Risk factor is overweight or obese.
d. Secondary DM
DM is associated with other conditions or syndromes (pancreatitis, hormonal abnormalities, and drugs).
