Diabetes is a serious chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Essentially, the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, causing blood sugar to accumulate in the bloodstream instead of being used by the body’s cells for energy. This lack of insulin, or inefficient use of it, causes very serious health problems as time goes on.
Diabetes is a widespread disease that about one in ten Americans have and about one in three Americans have prediabetes1. Prediabetes is an elevated blood sugar level that hasn’t yet reached the threshold of a diabetes diagnosis but puts people at risk for diabetes, heart disease and stroke. 90-95% of all diabetes diagnoses are for type 22. With its widescale prevalence it follows that diabetes is the leading cause of amputations, with more than 60% of non-traumatic lower limb amputations occurring within the diabetic population3, a number that is on the rise year over year. It has been estimated that every 30 seconds a limb is amputated, with 85% of these directly attributed to a diabetic foot ulcer4.
“Far-infrared sauna use may be associated with improved quality of life in people with type II diabetes mellitus. Uptake of infrared saunas use is greater than the uptake of other lifestyle interventions.”
“While the exact mechanism of action is not understood, infrared light may improve peripheral neuropathies by improving foot perfusion by stimulating nitric oxide production.”
“Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) using red and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths is being considered as a promising technique for speeding up the rate of diabetic wound healing, eradication of pain and reduction of inflammation through the alteration of diverse cellular and molecular processes. This review presents the extent to which the potential of red and NIR wavelengths have been harnessed in PBMT for diabetic wound healing.”
“Overall, our results demonstrate that LLLT [low-level light therapy] improves blood flow and autonomic nervous system regulation in DFU [Diabetic foot ulcer] and the importance of light intensity in therapeutic protocols.”
“The findings of significant improvements to objective and subjective measures of blood flow and neural function in the experimental group indicate that FIR [Far Infrared Radiation] therapy improves blood circulation to the feet. This therapy thus has great potential to be an effective adjuvant treatment for patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing hemodialysis.”
1The Facts, Stats, and Impacts of Diabetes. (n.d.). Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/spotlights/diabetes-facts-stats.html#:~:text=37.3%20million%20Americans%E2%80%94about%201,t%20know%20they%20have%20it.
2Diabetes Quick Facts. (n.d.) Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/quick-facts.html
3Amputation Prevention Alliance. (n.d.) American Diabetes Association. https://diabetes.org/get-involved/advocacy/amputation-prevention-alliance
4Why does diabetes sometimes lead to a foot or leg amputation? (n.d.) Alliance Foot and Ankle Specialists. https://www.footdoc.org/faqs/how-diabetes-can-lead-to-foot-and-leg-amputation.cfm
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