LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH

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RESEARCH QUESTION: THE USE OF OXYGEN IN TREATING DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS

            Diabetes is a disease that leads to many other complications. One of those common complications is neuropathy a disorder of the peripheral nervous system. “It causes a dulling of the sensations of pain, temperature, and pressure, especially in the lower legs and feet.” (Williams & Wilkins 1204). Because of the lack of, or the diminished sensation, it is possible to get a tiny wound (e.g. cut, blister, injured toenail) which because of the diabetes, does not heal properly. In severe cases, peripheral vascular disease can lead to leg and foot ulcers and gangrene. (Neubauer & Walker 120)

I am a Diabetic, there is a strong inherited tendency to the disease on the paternal side of my family. A number of my uncles have had amputations because of diabetic complications. Therefore, I am very interested in a treatment that will more surely lead to complete healing of a diabetic wound. Oxygen therapy or hyperbaric oxygen therapy has proven quite successful in helping to heal many wounds that are otherwise unresponsive to more traditional treatments.

GENERAL SEARCH WORKSHEET

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Search Terms

 

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Oxygen Therapy

Diabetic Complications

 

 

 

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Oxygen Treatments

Diabetic Disease

 

 

 

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Ozone Therapy

Wounds

 

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.Hyperbaric Treatment

Gangrene

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WEBLIOGRAPHY

Cheng, Clement J. “Diabetic Foot Ulcers.” Http://body1.com

Goldman, Robert J., Brewley, Barbara I.,Golden, Michael A. Electrotherapy Reoxygenates Inframalleolar Ischemic Wounds On Diabetic Patients: A Case Series (Abstract). Advances in Skin & Wound Care May-June 2002 v15 i3 p112(9).

 

http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

This website is the home site for the country’s largest organization dedicated to funding diabetes research and providing reliable information to the public and the media. The site is the portal to much useful information.

 

Howie, Bob. “Hyperbaric Medicine Enhancing Wound-Care Services.” The Houston Chronicle (This Week) March 18, 2004.

 

Neubauer, Richard A., Morton Walker. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, New York: Avery Publishing Group, 1998.

 

            Neubauer, a medical doctor, and Walker, a doctor of podiatry, talk about peripheral vascular disease and constriction or blockage of blood vessels supplying oxygen to tissue. The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) leads to the development of new capillaries which are the tiny blood vessels linking arteries and veins. A greater amount of oxygen reaches the tissues and is absorbed. The dissolved oxygen is more readily used by the body. HBOT can reduce the incidence and extent of gangrene and thus save limbs from amputation.

 

Stone, Jeff. “Venous Leg Ulcers.” http://body1.com

 

“The Healing Chamber More Doctors Are Using. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy To Treat Patients With Wounds That Won’t Heal Or Bone and Soft Tissue Infections.”  The Fresno Bee  (Life) April 26, 1999.

 

Wages, Stacey N. The Pressure’s On (Jeffrey A. Stone researches usage of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for diabetic wounds). Diabetes Forcast May 1996 v49 n5 p59(5).

 

Williams & Wilkins. PDR Medical Dictionary. New Jersey: Medical Economics, 1995.

 

 

 


 

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