{"id":3082,"date":"2020-10-22T18:31:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T08:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=3082"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:42","slug":"westmead-study-shows-vitamin-c-prevents-ulcer-related-amputations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/westmead-study-shows-vitamin-c-prevents-ulcer-related-amputations\/","title":{"rendered":"Westmead study shows vitamin C prevents ulcer-related amputations"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study shows that vitamin C can help heal chronic foot ulcers and prevent the need for amputation.<\/p>\n

Ulcers are open wounds that fail to heal. They are caused or exacerbated by poor blood and nerve supply, and in the case of foot ulcers, bad feet architecture.<\/p>\n

In severe cases they can lead to amputation and there are an estimated 8,000 preventable foot amputations in Australia every year.<\/p>\n

Those particularly at risk are people with contributing factors such as vascular disease, which affects bloody supply, and type 2 diabetes as it can result in nerve damage.<\/p>\n

The 16-patient study published in the\u00a0British Journal of Nutrition<\/a>\u00a0was led by Professor Jenny Gunton who is head of WIMR\u2019s Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology Research, and chair of medicine at Westmead Hospital.
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\nThe randomised, double-blind study involved giving 500mg of slow-release vitamin C a day \u2013 roughly the weekly recommended intake \u2013 to people with foot ulcers at Westmead Hospital\u2019s foot wound clinic.<\/p>\n

The study found a significant improvement in ulcer healing by eight weeks with no amputations needed in the vitamin C group. In the control group, 44% of ulcers either didn\u2019t heal in 180 days or required toe amputations.<\/p>\n

Professor Gunton said the result was good news for people prone to foot ulcers, especially those most at risk due to a combination of vascular disease and nerve damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cChronic foot ulcers are notoriously difficult to treat and have a significant impact on people\u2019s quality of life,\u201d Prof Gunton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can lead to very serious bone infections, and in around 40% of cases at our clinic, amputation is necessary \u2013 as we saw in our control group.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read more about this study, read the full story in\u00a0The Pulse<\/em>:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/35lDut1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study shows that vitamin C can help heal chronic foot ulcers and prevent the need for amputation. Ulcers are open wounds that fail to heal. They are caused or exacerbated by poor blood and nerve supply, and in the case of foot ulcers, bad feet architecture. In severe cases they can lead to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3084,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-3082","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}