부산대학교 도서관

Diabetic patients have 25% lifetime risk of developing foot ulceration. More than half of these ulcers may eventually become infected, which greatly increases the likelihood of subsequent amputations. And although a multidisciplinary approach is the standard management for treating diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), in the developing world diabetes is becoming an epidemic and resources are scarce; therefore, other alternatives are urgently sought. This case history demonstrates the feasibility of managing diabetic foot conditions by family physicians with a special interest in the diabetic foot using an alternative, cost-effective and efficacious wound dressing material, mainly natural honey, thereby representing a paradigm shift in the management of DFUs.