A trial study in Iran shows that foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes can be healed with olive oil, with no adverse effect reported. Nasiri et al. writes:
In present study, 73.3% of the patients in the intervention group had complete ulcer healing as compared to 13.3% in the control group at the end of the follow up, which reveals that patients who treated with olive oil had better healing process.
and concludes:
Our results indicated that olive oil in combination with routine cares is more effective than routine cares alone, and is without any side effect. However, further studies are required in the future to confirm these results.
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The effect of topical olive oil on the healing of foot ulcer in patients with type 2 diabetes: a double-blind randomized clinical trial study in Iran
Benefits of olive oil in healing foot ulcers
A trial study in Iran shows that foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes can be healed with olive oil, with no adverse effect reported. Nasiri et al. writes:
and concludes:
Read the full article here:
The effect of topical olive oil on the healing of foot ulcer in patients with type 2 diabetes: a double-blind randomized clinical trial study in Iran