ARE SOCKS FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS SUITABLE GARMENTS TO HEAL WOUNDS?

Small injuries in the lower extremities of diabetic patients sometimes present difficulties in the healing process despite the use of advanced healing products, especially in their final stages. Given the composition of diabetic socks, these garments epithelialize small wounds in the feet and ankles. The following study describes the use of therapeutic diabetic socks in five cases, highlighting the therapeutic difficulties involved and the different phases of treatment until their resolution. The cases included: three injuries in diabetic, ischemic and neuropathic feet; an ankle with complex traumatic injury; a fungal infection; and a traumatic complex injury in a diabetic patient with allergic reactions to products and dressings involved in usual treatments. Including the use of therapeutic socks for diabetic patients as part of the Education for Health activities performed by nurses is recommendable for patients with peripheral neuropathic and vascular problems and mycoses. 

KEYWORDS: DIABETIC FOOT, HYPERKERATOSIS, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND MYCOSES, WOUND HEALING, CHITOSAN, ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS, ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, TEXTILES.

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