A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN MAGNESIUM SULPHATE AND GLYCERIN COMBINATION DRESSING VERSUS NORMAL LIMB ELEVATION AND USE OF COMPRESSION BANDAGE DRESSING IN DIABETIC CELLULITIS PATIENTS
Abstract
Diabetic cellulitis is a common and severe bacterial skin infection that commonly results in increased morbidity, delayed wound healing, and hospitalization. Due to the impaired immunity and healing that accompany diabetes, it becomes necessary to look at treatments that are not only safe and effective but also affordable. This study aimed to compare the efficiency of a Magnesium Sulphate and Glycerin combination dressing with that limb elevation and compression bandaging in the healing of diabetic cellulitis. The primary objectives are to compare wound healing, control of the infection, pain, and quality of life in patients. The study was a prospective, randomized controlled trial that spanned six months in a tertiary care hospital. Sixty patients with diabetic cellulitis were divided randomly into two groups: one received the Magnesium Sulphate and Glycerin dressing, and the other received limb elevation and compression bandaging. Initial assessments, application of the treatments, follow-up, and measurement of the outcomes in terms of control of the infection, wound healing, pain, and quality of life were all included in the methodology. The results showed that patients who received the Magnesium Sulphate and Glycerin dressing had a faster recovery, with more efficient reduction in edema, erythema, pain, and inflammation as opposed to those who received limb elevation and compression bandaging. The average hospital stay in the Magnesium Sulphate and Glycerin group was considerably shorter at 9.5 days as opposed to the compression bandage group at 17.5 days. The study concluded that even though the two treatments are helpful, the Magnesium Sulphate and Glycerin dressing is more efficient in the control of active infections through symptom control and healing, and limb elevation and compression bandaging are more useful in the prevention of long-term oedema
Keywords:
Diabetic cellulitis, Magnesium sulphate, Glycerin dressing, Compression bandage, wound healing, Infection control, control trailReferences
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