Email this article Vitamin E and Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Authors: Karakousis N.1, Pyrgioti E.2, Georgakopoulos P.3, Karagiannakis D.4, Papanas N.1
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Affiliations:
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Centre-Diabetic Foot Clinic, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- Pharmacist, Private Practice, Athens, Greece
- Primary Healthcare, Internal Medicine Department, Amarousion, Attica, Greece
- Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Issue: Vol 20, No 7 (2024)
- Section: Medicine
- URL: https://rjmseer.com/1573-3998/article/view/643017
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1573399820666230914155232
- ID: 643017
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Abstract
This narrative mini-review discusses vitamin E levels in subjects with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Vitamin E may be reduced in subjects with DFUs, but this finding is inconsistent. Its administration appears to benefit patients with DM, delaying the onset of complications, including DFU. There is also evidence that it may promote DFU healing. Nonetheless, further studies are required to confirm these promising results and estimate vitamin E administration's cost-effectiveness
About the authors
Nikolaos Karakousis
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Centre-Diabetic Foot Clinic, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis,Greece
Email: info@benthamscience.net
Elisavet Pyrgioti
Pharmacist, Private Practice, Athens, Greece
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Petros Georgakopoulos
Primary Healthcare, Internal Medicine Department,Amarousion, Attica, Greece
Email: info@benthamscience.net
Dimitrios Karagiannakis
Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Laiko General Hospital, MedicalSchool of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Email: info@benthamscience.net
Nikolaos Papanas
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Centre-Diabetic Foot Clinic, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis,Greece
Author for correspondence.
Email: info@benthamscience.net
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