In the modern world, diabetes mellitus is a common disease with multiple consequences, the main complications are vascular lesions (macroangiopathy) and nerves, which are the cause of many complications, such as chronic renal failure and blindness and amputations in patients of working age, which leads to early disability and premature mortality. In the treatment of diabetes mellitus, most of the costs are for the treatment of complications, and the most cost-effective treatment is still treatment for ulcers of the feet.
The article defines the essence and classification of diabetic foot syndrome, highlights the stages of diagnosis, as well as the main approaches to its treatment, describes the basics of prevention.

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