Current status of foot gangrene treatment and request for support

A request to all caring doctors, masseurs, and osteopaths

Hello, good evening. I'm Roku, a naturopathic researcher.

Small-scale studies have shown that massage therapy is very effective in preventing amputation in diabetic foot gangrene.

However, larger-scale studies are needed in the future.

The results of the small-scale studies so far have been submitted to Cochrane, a national volunteer organization in the UK, and are currently waiting for co-authors and are on the verge of starting review.

The problem is that we have requested support for this study from related institutions, organizations, and clinics specializing in diabetes in Japan, but with the exception of one, there has been no response at all so far. (That was also NG.)

For patients who have developed foot gangrene, this is a time-sensitive situation and it is clear that it needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

However, the current medical system is very reluctant to support treatments and therapies that do not use drugs or equipment, partly because they are not eligible for support such as government subsidies.

Naturally, there is no national support system for such research.

In other words, the current situation is that only people with strong will can take on this challenge.

Therefore, with the cooperation of caring doctors, masseuses, and chiropractors who provide treatment, we are quickly launching a crowdfunding campaign to secure the budget.

To do this, we need the support of our readers.

Would you be willing to support us for future diabetes treatment?

Diabetes is the second most serious disease after cancer, and it is not surprising that it could develop tomorrow.

We appreciate your support.

Current challenges

Current foot gangrene prevention techniques have three challenges.

① Avoiding foot gangrene and identifying problems that occur after amputation

② How much recovery can be expected

③ Securing activity funds

These three are the immediate challenges.

Currently, it is difficult to find co-authors in Japan, so we are calling on Cochrane participants around the world.

In the future, we will have to work together with co-authors.

This requires research funds and activity funds.

Currently, there are about 382 million people with diabetes worldwide.

Of these, about 0.05%, or 19 million people per year, are forced to have their feet amputated due to foot gangrene.

And 19 million people have had their feet amputated this year, which means that their lives will end within five years.

Once foot gangrene develops, drug treatment cannot stop its progression, let alone improve it.
In other words, the countdown begins from the moment it develops.

The amputation prevention method using massage that I will introduce today is effective in situations that cannot be avoided by drug treatment.

Use a little imagination.
Imagine you've been diagnosed with diabetes and told you don't have much time left to live.
You desperately clutch at straws and continue to search for various medications.

But there are no such medications.
The gangrene in your foot continues to progress, and in the end you have no choice but to endure it.

How would you feel if a treatment were developed that could prevent amputation?
It's time to move from hope to certain hope.

No one should lose their life over this.
That's why those who can do it must do so.
I want you to work together to solve this problem in a spirit of mutual help. Let me start from the beginning.