Can Ciclopirox Shampoo Help Combat Fungal Infections Of The Feet?
Serious foot infections result from a combination of factors including disease, injury, neuropathy, vascular impairment and insufficient wound healing. Diabetic patients, in particular, are at high risk of developing serious complications in lower extremities that can lead to amputation. Of the estimated 17 million people who have Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, almost 15 percent will undergo lower extremity amputation during their lifetime.1,2 Approximately 80 percent of diabetes-related amputations are preceded by chronic foot ulcers.3-5 Many chronic foot ulcers in diabetics are the result of lower extremity infections. In addition to patients with diabetes, immunocompromised patients and those who have peripheral vascular disease frequently suffer lower extremity complications because of fungal and bacterial infections. Fungal infections of the skin and nails are commonly seen as the underlying basis for tinea pedis and other fungal and bacterial infections.6 Approximately 30 percent of
