The Therapeutic Effects of Topical Application of Ozonized Olive Oil on Diabetic Ulcer Healing: A Literature Review

Abstract

Diabetic ulcers is one of diabetic complications often experienced by patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). This problem lead to serious condition which usually have an effect on patients' quality of life. Application and research about wound care management in diabetic ulcer, specifically in ozone and olive oil, have been done already. However, exploration of how does the therapeutic effect of ozonized olive oils still limited. The purpose of this literature review is to determine the effectiveness of ozonized olive oil as topical treatment in diabetic ulcer. Source of databases in this literature review are Science direct, PubMed, and Google scholar. Articles were limited for 10 years from January 2009 to May 2019 which can be accessed full text in English. Type of literature included were review articles and research articles which the research area is in human. A qualitative analysis was performed to interpret the data. There were 5847 articles based on the keywords. Four studies met the inclusion criteria then were analyzed. Results of this review stated that it has been recently proved that ozonized olive oils are effective to care diabetic ulcer. It is useful as antiseptic, anti-fungal, topical antibiotics, anti-infections, and continued to be healing stimulator. This review provides clinical evidence which supports and recommends the benefits of ozonized olive oil in diabetic ulcer healing.

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“…Penderita DM di Indonesia pada usia ≥15 tahun sebesar 6,9% diperkirakan jumlah absolut nya sebesar 12 juta jiwa. Hampir 50% penderita DM mengalami ulkus kaki diabetik dengan angka kematian 8% -35% dan 15% -30% diantaranya mengalami amputasi (Kusumaningrum et al, 2019).…”