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See Latest ArticlesReducing the risk of skin pathologies in diabetics by using copper impregnated socks
Medical Hypotheses, 06/30/09
Borkow G et al. - The authors hypothesize that part of the increased risk of developing foot skin pathologies in diabetic patients with compromised blood circulation to the foot is due to low local copper levels. They further hypothesize that copper ions released from copper impregnated socks and absorbed through the skin would improve the well-being of the skin of diabetic patients by inducing angiogenesis and expression and stabilization of extracellular skin proteins, in addition to their biocidal effect of reducing the risk of fungal and bacterial infection of the diabetic foot . Thus, the use of copper impregnated socks may be used as a preventive modality
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