Honey Can Prevent the Need for Amputation for Diabetics

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Honey Can Prevent the Need for Amputation for Diabetics

 

A doctor at the University of Wisconsin who helped about half a dozen of

her diabetic patients avoid amputation has launched a controlled trial

to promote the widespread use of honey therapy.

 

 The therapy involves squeezing a thick layer of honey onto the wound

after dead skin and bacteria have been removed.

 

 The honey kills bacteria because it is acidic and avoids the

complication of bacterial resistance found with standard antibiotics,

Jennifer Eddy, a professor at the University's School of Medicine and

Public Health, told AFP.

 

  " This is a tremendously important issue for world health, " Eddy said.

 

 Diabetics typically have poor circulation and decreased ability to

fight infection and ulcers can be hard to treat. An amputation is

performed every 30 seconds somewhere in the world, Eddy said.

Honey therapy is already used to treat bed sores in New Zealand and as

an alternative form of medicine in Europe, but has largely been

relegated to history books in the United States.