Treatment Options For Diabetic Foot Infections - Volume 16 -
Issue 1 - January 2003 - 8435 reads - 0 comments A recently
released study by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) revealed that the number of diagnosed cases of diabetes
rose by a third (from 4.9 to 6.5 percent) between 1990-1998.
This percentage will increase to 9 by 2025. The breakdown of
cases by age was particularly alarming. The incidence of
diabetes increased 40 percent over a period of eight years for
people 40 and over. It increased 70 percent for people 30 and
over. This is of serious concern when you consider the resulting
complications that may be prevalent earlier in life and the
exuberant medical care costs that run from $10,000 to $12,000
annually for the remainder of the patient’s life. Many studies
have shown the per capita medical costs for a patient with
diabetes are three times that of those for a person without
diabetes. About 15 percent of people with diabetes mellitus
develop foot ulcerations at some point in t