Diabetics who take medications to lower blood pressure are at twice the risk of leg amputation. A study by French scientists has shown that patients taking diuretics have an increased risk of various problems with their legs..

People with diabetes already have limb problems, because the disease causes nerve damage and decreases blood circulation.. Experts warn that diuretic drugs can significantly increase the chances of becoming a victim of leg amputation because they reduce the amount of blood circulating around the body..

To arrive at such conclusions, specialists studied 1,459 diabetics for seven years.. 13% of patients who used a diuretic had serious problems with their feet, compared with only 7% of those who did not take diuretics..

According to the data obtained, people with type 2 diabetes who take a diuretic to lower their blood pressure may need amputation of their lower limbs 2.3 times more often due to poor circulation.. In these people, a combination of nerve damage and poor blood flow led to the fact that small wounds either went unnoticed or healed for an extremely long time, increasing the risk of infection and gangrene..

According to scientists, patients with type 2 diabetes who are at risk of lower limb amputation should use diuretics with extreme caution..

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