Break The Silence
Addressing the Silent Epidemic in the Diabetic Community: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Last year, we launched the #BreakTheSilence Campaign to address the silent epidemic in the diabetic community: diabetic foot ulcers.
Diabetic foot ulcers are an understated complication of diabetes and the dialogue about these debilitating wounds is often lost in the broader conversation of diabetes management.
Diabetic foot ulcers are an understated complication of diabetes and the dialogue about these debilitating wounds is often lost in the broader conversation of diabetes management.
#BreakTheSilence aims to:
1. Raise awareness.
2. Combat the stigmas.
3. Prevent the occurrence of diabetic foot ulcers.
Support the #BreakTheSilence Campaign:
1. Share our posts on your social platforms, website, and community groups to spread awareness.
2. Use our hashtag, #BreakTheSilence, to join the conversation.
3. Download and display our infographics and factsheets to your communities.
1. Raise awareness.
2. Combat the stigmas.
3. Prevent the occurrence of diabetic foot ulcers.
Support the #BreakTheSilence Campaign:
1. Share our posts on your social platforms, website, and community groups to spread awareness.
2. Use our hashtag, #BreakTheSilence, to join the conversation.
3. Download and display our infographics and factsheets to your communities.
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Implications & Challenges
Complications associated with diabetes include:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Nerve Damage
- Kidney Disease
- Eye Disease
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Diabetic Foot Ulcers are sores or wounds that most commonly occur on the bottom of the foot.
85% of amputations are preceded by a diabetic foot ulcer.
Its estimated that every 30 seconds a lower limb is lost as a consequence of diabetes.
Up to 25% of diabetics will develop a diabetic foot ulcer in their lifetime.
For those who succumb to a diabetes related amputation, there is a 40-48% of a 5-year survival rate.
Diabetic foot ulcers are the leading cause of limb loss.
75% of diabetic foot ulcers are preventable.
Prevention is crucial to prevent limb loss.
Sources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020.
Jalilian, M., Ahmadi Sarbarzeh, P., & Oubari, S. (2020). Factors Related to Severity of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Systematic Review. Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 13, 1835–1842. Huang, Y. Y., Lin, C. W., Yang, H. M., Hung, S. Y., & Chen, I. W. (2018). Survival and associated risk factors in patients with diabetes and amputations caused by infectious foot gangrene. Journal of foot and ankle research.
Sharpe JE (2020) Eliminating the Health Disparity of the Diabetic Foot: A Continuing Public Health Crisis for the African Americans and Latinos. Int J Diabetes Clin Res 7:120.
International Diabetes Federation . IDF Diabetes Atlas, 8th edn. Brussels, Belgium; International Diabetes Federation, 2017.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020.
Jalilian, M., Ahmadi Sarbarzeh, P., & Oubari, S. (2020). Factors Related to Severity of Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Systematic Review. Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 13, 1835–1842. Huang, Y. Y., Lin, C. W., Yang, H. M., Hung, S. Y., & Chen, I. W. (2018). Survival and associated risk factors in patients with diabetes and amputations caused by infectious foot gangrene. Journal of foot and ankle research.
Sharpe JE (2020) Eliminating the Health Disparity of the Diabetic Foot: A Continuing Public Health Crisis for the African Americans and Latinos. Int J Diabetes Clin Res 7:120.
International Diabetes Federation . IDF Diabetes Atlas, 8th edn. Brussels, Belgium; International Diabetes Federation, 2017.