I have a friend who got a tatoo on her calf around mid February. She has not responded well to the three different antibiotics; the wound is not healing well. She has an HMO, and I feel that they are not being as aggressive as they should be with her treatment. The area swells, and is so painful that she limps after walking for a bit.
Also, I strongly suspect that she did not inform the artist that she was diabetic, which she should have done. I know most artists will not tattoo a diabetic below the knee. Does anyone have any experience with something like this. I am very worried about her.
2007-02-27 14:55:12 · 16 answers · asked by candace b 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
She absolutely needs to find a doctor who will be aggressive, even if it means making monthly payments for the next 5 years. However, most HMOs will allow her to go to another doc.
They need to culture the area (if possible) to see which bacterium/bacteria are growing and what they are sensitive to. If there are no bacteria, then it could simply be a blood vessel problem.
She ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY has to keep her blood sugar under control. This will help with healing. As you know, diabetic have a difficult time with healing due to abnormal sugars and vascular damage.
Have her ask her doctor to refer her to a specialy wound care clinic. Unna boots and other specialty wrappings/therapies are probably necessary. Also, she needs to follow these instructions to a tee. Best of luck. Make sure she takes care of this: the possibilty of losing her leg is very real. And should be scaring her to death.
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Infections in diabetics can be serious and even potentially fatal and life-threatening. Your friend needs to make sure that the blood sugar levels are within a range to promote healing. The level should be under 100 to help promote healing. If the antibiotics that they are giving her are not strong enough, she may want to talk to her doctor and have him admit her to the hospital and give her stronger antibiotics through IV injections.
She needs to get this taken car of, she could end up losing her leg because of this. Diabetes can lead to amputations of a leg, or arm, or foot, etc. This infection if left untreated can develop into a staft infection. Staft infection can be cultivated, but once a person develops staft, they never fully ever get over it, and they have more and more problems. Your friend needs your help and please get her to a doctor, hospital, or emergency room right away.
Is their pain, heat, etc around the infected area? Is there pus coming from it? Is it bleeding? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to act upon this now. Get her some immediate help.
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Diabetic with an infected tattoo?
I have a friend who got a tatoo on her calf around mid February. She has not responded well to the three different antibiotics; the wound is not healing well. She has an HMO, and I feel that they are not being as aggressive as they should be with her treatment. The area swells, and is so painful...
2015-08-24 10:11:38 · answer #7 · answered by Noell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This IS something to be worried about. Unfortunately, unless your friend is worried, there may not be much you can do. My father got an infection on his calf. He was diabetic too. It led to a staff infection which weakened his heart and caused his death when he was just 59-years-old. Does she understand that such things can be literally fatal to people with diabetes?
Be very careful about "medical advice" given online. Nobody can tell what truly needs to be done unless they're a physician who has actually examined your friend. Not all people with diabetes need insulin, for example. HMO or not, she needs to see a doctor who will take this seriously and help her.
2007-02-27 15:00:58 · answer #8 · answered by TeriR 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your friend type 1 or type 2? That infection can get into her blood stream and it could be very dangerous. Being a diabetic she should know that one little cut and turn into a big huge cut and if her sugar is out of control she could be in a lot of trouble. Yeah she should find a different doctor it's good to get a second opinion. I hope she gets better.
2007-02-27 17:15:54 · answer #9 · answered by lady lust 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An infection from a paper cut can kill a diabetic. You want aggressive, do not get tattoos if you have this condition, that was pretty dumb, but I am sure it looks nice. Good chance the whole leg might be removed now.
2007-03-01 08:05:22 · answer #10 · answered by Guy R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋