Health Condition 1: E116- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other specified complications
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Homoeopathic Medicine for varicose ulcer selected after Repertorisation: 30C potency daily at night orally. Repetition and change in potency will be selected after assessing the improv
Sponsors
PhD Research Funded by the Institution
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Diagnosed Insulin - dependent or non - insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. - Patients presenting with ulcer on the lower extremity for more than 1 Week. - Patients taking Allopathic medications on which they are dependent. - During the study the patients area allowed to continue Anti- hypertensive and/ or Statin drugs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Cases presenting with gangrene or impending gangrene - Ulcers with underlying osteomyelitis - Venous ulcers or ulcers due to any other cause. - Cases diagnosed with Malignancies. - Cases presenting with a long term complication of Diabetes. - Patients requiring intravenous antibiotics, emergency management or surgical intervention. - Patients suffering life - threatening or chronic diseases like IHD of less than 6 months duration, Unstable angina, Hypertension, Malignancy or HIV/AIDS etc. - History of Coma.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Decline of clinical symptoms. - Wound healing - Comparison of change in size of wound area - Complete closure or epithelisationTimepoint: 3 Months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Clinical Course of Diabetic Foot Ulcer during Homoeopathic treatment in terms of ulcer characteristics and individual symptoms. - To identify the additional clinical symptoms (provings) of the Homoeopathic medicines used during the study. - Observation on changes in characteristic rubrics used for medicine selection after treatmentTimepoint: 3 Months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr A S Suman Sankar
Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College
Outcome results
None listed