Wound Care Articles

Moist wound healing is the most common term you will hear from your doctor when it comes to caring for someone with wounds. This type of healing is considered the standard protocol. Continue Reading

Your diet during recovery plays a critical role in how fast your wound heals, how strong the wound tissue becomes, the duration of the recovery period and how well your body fights off infection. A poor diet can turn a normal wound into a chronic wound. Continue Reading

Diabetes is a condition in which the body does not effectively use sugar. It is estimated that there are nearly 18 million Americans with diabetes, and approximately 15 percent of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer at some point. Continue Reading

Wound specialists have been trained in the care and treatment of all types of wounds, acute and chronic. Among the most commonly treated wounds are those sustained from an acute injury, surgical wounds, diabetic wounds and pressure sores. Continue Reading

Wound causes can be internal or external in origin. Wounds of internal origin are mainly due to impaired circulation, neuropathy or medical illness. Wounds of external origin are due to an outside force or trauma. Continue Reading

Acute wounds are characterized by skin layers that have been punctured by an external force. An acute wound can progress to a chronic wound if it does not heal within the expected time frame. Continue Reading

Most of are accustomed to dealing with small cuts and scrapes at home, treating them with some over-the-counter topical disinfectant and a band-aid. But more serious wounds may require a visit to the doctor. Continue Reading

Any wound that is not healing, or one that is healing slowly, can be considered chronic. The most common symptom of chronic wounds is pain. Continue Reading

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment, or hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), involves breathing 100 percent oxygen at increased atmospheric pressures to increase the amount of oxygen (oxygen tension) delivered to the body tissues. Continue Reading

Debridement is important in wound care because removal of dead tissue decreases the risk of infection and accelerates healing. Biologic debridement works on the same principles as other forms of debridement. Continue Reading

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a sophisticated development of a standard surgical procedure-the use of vacuum-assisted drainage to remove blood or serous fluid from a wound or operation site. Continue Reading

Patients who have experienced heart attacks, high cholesterol, venous circulation problems or blunt trauma are candidates for vascular studies. This procedure is ideal for discovering problems associated with decreased blood flow in the elderly or those afflicted by circulatory diseases. Continue Reading

A chronic wound develops when any acute wound fails to heal in the expected time frame for that type of wound, which might be a couple of weeks or up to six weeks in some cases. Continue Reading

Diabetes mellitus can be virtually harmless if controlled, but the state of abnormally high blood glucose levels associated with the condition can lead to some serious complications including diabetic wounds. Continue Reading

Venous ulcers are the most common type of ulcers occurring in the lower limbs. A venous ulcer typically appears as a wound or skin ulcer, resulting from a breakdown of the surrounding cells and tissue layers. Continue Reading

As the name implies, nonhealing surgical wounds are wounds from surgical procedures which have not undergone the normal process of healing. The most common cause of a nonhealing surgical wound is wound infection. Continue Reading