[Detection and treatment of lower extremity neuropathy in patients with diabetic foot].

Possibilities of diagnosis and treatment of the lower extremities neuropathy were studied in 118 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Neurological examination, investigation of algesic, vibratory and temperature sensibility, thermography of feet were done in each patient. Electrostimulation treatment using therapeutic-diagnostic complex "Salut 11" was applied in 47 patients. Algesic syndrome and paresthesia occurs in the absence of the ulcerative-necrotic changes of foot or together with disorders of passability of the lower extremity main arteries. Ulcerative-necrotic changes of the foot tissues, caused by diabetic microangiopathy, are observed in the absence of pain and paresthesia, witnessing the presence of various mechanisms of the diabetic neuropathy occurrence. Application of the alpha-lipoic acid preparations had promoted the reduction of the pain and paresthesia intensity in 63% of patients. Usage of the lower extremities electromyoneurostimulation with the help of permanent impulsive current promotes the healing improvement of the purulent-necrotic wounds and ulcers of foot in patients with DM.