Side-Effects of Diabetic Individuals with Bacterial-Infection of Non-Foot-Wounds Affecting Individuals-Community-Health at High-Altitude Area, “Taif ”, KSA

Abstract

This study had conducted on diabetic individuals at high-altitude (HA) "Taif" area by the questionnaires. The diabetes prevalence (DP) was 10.2%; blood glucose regularity (BGR) was 50.3%. Regular treatment (RT) was 33.5%. Sports activities (SAs) were 46.5% less than a half; diet regularity (DR) was 23.3% about a quarter. Body wounds (BWs) were 25.5% as one-fourth, the non-foot wounds (NFWs) were 46.6%. Bacterial infection wounds (BIWs) occurred in 51.7% about a half of NFWs. BIWs duration (BIWsD) lasted a week in 58.8%, and more than one week in 41.2%, that revealed a half had long-term BIWs, surgical procedure (SP) were done for 13.8%. The HA results concluded diabetes had a significant impact on individual's health (IH) and daily work performance. In addition, affected individual's family life, affected the community health (CH) and community progress required. The reasons were due to lack of medication regularly, deficiency of sports activities, and failure to follow appropriate diet. Add to this presence of BIWs, which prolong the duration of treatment or lead to a surgical treatment. That recommend to developed community members to make a periodic diagnosis (PD) every six months to check-up the health state. Diabetic patients must follow-up the application of PD, medication regularity, practicing sports activities, following appropriate diet, medical follow-up and medical treatment for any BIWs. As well, all recommendations for the protection of IH with diabetes, which will help to keep people working and good performance without any defect, also will help to maintain the CH at HA areas.