DFU Vit-Life Tablets

Diabetes is a condition in which the body's level of blood sugar and the hormone insulin are out of balance. It is one of the most common disease. Diabetes is a disease of metabolism, our body uses nutrients from food as carbohydrates for energy and growth. Normally, your stomach and intestines digest the carbohydrates in your food and convert into a sugar called glucose. Glucose is your body's main source of energy. After digestion, the glucose moves into your blood to give your body energy. Pancreas makes a hormone called insulin which gets the glucose out of your blood and into the cells of your body. If you have diabetes, either your body doesn't make enough insulin, or your cells can't use the insulin. The glucose levels rise up in your blood, causing diabetes, otherwise known as high blood sugar**.

 

The development of foot ulceration (DFU) is one of the most common and challenging complications of diabetes, affecting up to 25% to 35% of patients over their lifetime**. Despite advances in wound care delivery and multi disciplinary therapeutic strategies, a significant proportion of DFUs fail to heal within a reasonable time frame**. Failure to heal is associated with significant morbidity, including recurrent infections and hospitalisation. Worryingly, it also carries a high risk of lower extremity amputation**.

 

Foot health should be a major consideration for people with diabetes and for those who care for them. Foot complications in this high-risk population can lead to a cascade of negative complications, potentially resulting in loss of limb and life**.

 

Diabetes is a lifelong condition which can cause foot problems. Some of these problems can occur because the nerves and blood vessels supplying your feet are damaged. These changes can be very gradual and you may not notice them. This is why it is essential you receive a foot screening and assessment from a podiatrist every year. You then agree a treatment plan to suit your needs. You have a diabetic foot ulcer. This means an area of skin has broken down and the tissue under it is now exposed. In some people with diabetes the skin does not heal very well and is likely to develop an ulcer or infection after only a minor injury. About one in ten people with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer at some stage. A foot ulcer can become infected and the infection may become severe. It is important that you look after your foot ulcer to prevent infection occurring. Controlling your diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure levels, as well as having your feet screened and assessed every year by a podiatrist, will help to reduce future foot problems**.

 

Wound healing is a complex, dynamic process comprising of 4 overlapping phases: haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and tissue remodelling. Any interruption in the sequence of this precisely programmed activity has the potential to delay healing, allowing the wound to enter a chronic, non-healing stage. Local factors, such as hypoxia and infections, alongside systemic factors, notably age, stressor responses, diabetes, and nutrition exert a role in wound healing**. Indeed, in critical and post-operative care, providing early nutritional support, usually parenteral, is now considered a routine measure**. The diabetic wound is typically accompanied by hypoxia, even in the absence of genuine vascular disease**, while hyperglycemia may amplify the inflammatory response via oxidative stress**.

 

Many vitamins are involved in wound healing, the main one being vitamin C. Deficiency of vitamin B complex will also have adverse effects on wound healing. Vitamin C plays an important role in collagen synthesis and subsequent cross linking, as well as the formation of new blood vessels. Adequate vitamin C levels help strengthen the healing wound. It also has important antioxidant properties that help the immune system, and it increases the absorption of iron. Vitamin B complex is essential for carbohydrate metabolism and therefore energy production**.

 

 

Why Life On DFU Vit-Life?

Life On DFU Vit-Life has the unique formula specially designed which helps healing of diabetic foot ulcers by supporting Diabetes Management with its main ingredients as Chromium Chloride, Aloe Vera Extract, Gymnema Sylvestre Extract, Pyridoxine Hcl, Siberian Ginseng Extract, Cholecalciferol, Pteroylmonoglutamic Acid, Methylcobalamin, Magnesium Oxide & Ascorbic Acid.

 

Chromium, Aloe Vera, Gymnema Sylvestre, Siberian Ginseng, Vitamin B6, B9, B12, C & D contributes towards playing a vital role in the maintenance of normal blood sugar levels whereas Magnesium contributes towards normal energy yielding metabolism.

 

Chromium plays an important role in body regulating blood sugar levels similar to Insulin. It is a hormone that our body uses to change sugar, starches, and other food into energy. Low Chromium levels can increase blood sugar, triglycerides (a type of fat in the blood), cholesterol levels, and increase the risk for a number of conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease**.

 

 

 

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• Role Of Chromium In Human Health Andin Diabetes, Diabetes Care,Volume27,Number 11, November 2004 

 

 

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