Evaluation of different stage of Charcot Foot in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Attending Primary Care Setups in District Faisalabad, Pakistan

Abstract

1. Abstract

1.1. Background: Today DM affects 240 million people worldwide and this number is likely to increase significantly to 380 million by 2025. Poor glaecemic control in diabetes may lead to different complications. Charcot foot is one of most common sever complication related to type 2 diabetes mellitus. The range of the diagnosed cases of Charcot foot related with diabetes varies widely from 0.08% to 7.5%; there is lot of difficulty to measure the actual incidence because mostly untrained clinicians fail to detect such.