Tattoos and Diabetes

I was recently asked a quiz, on our website that I conception deserved a lengthy answer.
J.C. Of Buffalo, Ny asks: "I have diabetes and I take insulin. Is there any suspect I should be involved about getting a tattoo?"

So, J.C, you're reasoning about getting a tattoo, but you have diabetes. Is this a good idea? Well, in most cases it's not a problem. But there are some things you should be reasoning about before during and after the inking process.

Diabetes

During my 18 years in podiatric convention I conception I had seen everything, that is until one day I was called to the accident group for a consultation. A 45 year old female diabetic patient decided to get a tattoo on the top of her foot. She said she conception nothing of it at the time. It was a rendering of her late cat whom she loved so much. About 3 days after the inking she began to originate some flush nearby the site. She followed the directions given to her, but the flush got worse. She applied more ointment but now she could see the flush spreading away from the tattoo. She consulted her tattoo artist who intuitively had her call her physician who sent her immediately to the accident department.

A tattoo for all practical purposes is an intentional wound. This young woman had gotten an infection and because she had the circulation of an 80 year old and because of neuropathy she did not feel any pain. What she did have was an abscess on the top of her foot. This led to the circulation becoming worse prominent to gangrene of the toes. She ultimately lost half her foot. I was able to save the remaining foot, by cleaning out the infected bone and soft tissue, and using high tech state of the art wound curative products and treatments.

Let's discuss a petite about diabetes first. Diabetes is the prominent cause of non-traumatic foot and leg amputations in the United States and almost 14 to 24 percent of patients with diabetes who originate a foot ulcer and infections go on to have an amputation. Research, however, has shown that the development of a foot ulcer is preventable.

Anyone who has diabetes can originate a foot ulcer or an infection. Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics and older men are more likely to originate ulcers. Habitancy who use insulin are at a higher risk of developing a foot ulcer, as are patients with diabetes-related kidney, eye, and heart disease. Being overweight and using alcohol and tobacco also play a role.

Diabetic complications originate due to a combination of factors, such as lack of feeling in the foot, poor circulation, foot deformities, irritation (such as disagreement or pressure), and trauma, as well as duration of diabetes. Patients who have diabetes for many years can originate neuropathy, a reduced or perfect lack of feeling in the feet and legs due to nerve damage caused by elevated blood sugar levels over time. The nerve damage often can occur without pain and one may not even be aware of the problem. "

"Vascular disease can complicate a curative tattoo, reducing the body's quality to heal and addition the risk for an infection. Elevations in blood glucose can sell out the body's quality to fight off a potential infection and also slow down the whole curative process."

Most tattoos do not get infected; any way if your physician diagnoses an infection, a rehabilitation schedule of antibiotics, wound care, and perhaps hospitalization will be necessary.
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The science of wound care has developed significantly over the past ten years. The old conception of "let the air get at it" is now known to be harmful to healing. We know that wounds together with tattoos and ulcers heal faster, with a lower risk of infection, if they are kept covered and moist. The use of full vigor betadine, peroxide, whirlpools and soaking are not recommended, as this could lead to additional complications.

Appropriate wound administration includes the use of dressings and topically-applied medications. These range from normal saline to developed products that have been shown to be highly productive in curative qoute tattoos.
For a tattoo to heal there must be enough circulation to the inked area. A circulation master (vascular surgeon) or a podiatrist can determine circulation levels in the feet and legs with noninvasive tests.
Healing time depends on a collection of factors, such as tattoo size and location, pressure on the area from walking or standing, swelling, circulation, blood glucose levels, wound care, and what is being applied to the wound. curative may occur within weeks or want any months.

The old saying, "an ounce of arresting is worth a pound of cure" was never as true as it is when preventing a diabetic tattoo complication.

Tattoos and Diabetes