Market Trends of India Wound Care Management Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the India Wound Care Management Market according to our research experts:
Application in Diabetic Foot Ulcer is Expected to Dominate the Market
Wound dressings represent a part of the management of diabetic foot ulceration. Each category of dressings has particular characteristics that aid selection. All dressings require frequent change for wound inspection. Heavily exudating ulcers like diabetic foot ulcer require a frequent change to reduce maceration of surrounding skin.
The prevalence of diabetic foot ulcer directly relates to the increasing prevalence of diabetes in India. The probability of incidence of diabetic ulcer in a diabetes patient lifetime is very high,
According to 2019, National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, the prevalence of diabetes was found to be 11.8% in people over the age of 50. The prevalence of diabetes is 6.5% and prediabetes 5.7% among adults under the age of 50, according to a DHS study
Moreover, some reports have suggested that the prevalence of diabetes has increased in India over the past few decades. Therefore with the increasing of the diabetic population, there is an increase in the prevalence of diabetic foot ulcer as well. Hence, this will increase the demand for diabetes foot ulcer wound care management devices, which, in turn, will help the growth of the wound care management devices market in India.
