Put honey on the wounds of the foot, is an alternative to avoid the occurrence of amputation in diabetic patients. This is evidenced by a doctor from the University of Wisconsin, USA, which has helped his patients avoid amputation. Now he plans to spread the honey therapy.
According to Professor Jennifer Eddy of the University School of Medicine and Public Health, honey can kill bacteria because of the nature of acid, but that honey is also effective to avoid bacterial resistant properties due to the use of antibiotics. “This is an important thing in the health world,” he said. In this honey therapy, part of the new wounds can be oiled after cleaning dead skin.
Patients with diabetes had early notice should be seriously part of the foot, especially to prevent wound infection continues. Give serious attention to the foot by doing good control of diabetes is caused diidap interference with diabetic foot.
Disturbance of damage to the nerves and blood vessels damage and infections that make people with diabetes experience numbness (numbness) in his legs. Therefore, diabetic patients are usually unaware of the foot injury that did not immediately apparent.
Honey therapy has been used as an alternative medicine in Europe, even in New Zealand this therapy used to treat insomnia. Professor Eddy got interested to try the honey treatment after knowing the tradition of the use of honey in the treatment of the past.
He began to test since six years ago. “I started to try this therapy after all treatment failed. Since we use honey, use of all types of antibiotics and we stopped the work, “he said. Until now the research is still ongoing and is expected to be completed in 2008 or 2009.
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