Case study in treatment of diabetic foot ulcer with alimentary gelatin

The patient with diabetic foot ulceration is undoubtedly one of the major challenges faced by nurses and physicians working in the field of wound treatment. About 15% of diabetic patients experience foot ulceration in the course of their disease. This article reports the adoption of an unconventional treatment, based on gelatin, in a case of a stagnant diabetic foot ulcer, resulting in the successful healing of the wound and the limb being saved. Gelatin is fundamentally denatured collagen; its presence is paramount in the natural healing process, and this may be one of the reasons that the treatment obtained a good result. The fact that the gelatin used is of animal origin does not appear to compromise the outcome of treatment.