All people are familiar with various injuries, wounds. Some wounds heal fairly quickly. Some people have to work hard to get well. Why does a non-healing wound occur? There may be several reasons. We will consider them further.
Reasons
A wound that does not heal for a long time is a reason to seek medical help. Only there you will receive the appropriate treatment. The question arises, what time of wound healing is considered normal? Normal healing proceeds within no more than three weeks. In the event of complications or deviations, this process can be delayed for a month and a half. The reasons that the wound does not heal for a long time are divided into external and internal, as well as their combination.
Internal factors: chronic diseases of the endocrine system, such as diabetes, malnutrition, beriberi, overweight, circulatory disorders, varicose veins, infectious diseases, oncological diseases. All these diseases lead to a decrease in immunity. As a result, the wounds do not heal.
Infection
If a person is injured by an acuteobject, it is possible to get an infection directly when injured. Although it can happen in other ways. For example, infection in the wound during dressing. If the wound is not treated in a timely manner with disinfectants, infection may spread. Then long-term treatment will be needed.
Symptoms when a wound becomes infected: body temperature rises, swelling appears in the affected area, the skin becomes red and hot, suppuration appears. Infection is the reason that the wound site does not heal for a long time. Treatment will require antibiotics. It will also require special treatment, removal of suppuration and suturing if necessary. In some cases, a doctor may prescribe a blood transfusion and vitamin therapy.
Treatment of a non-healing wound in diabetes
With such a disease, any minor cut becomes a real test. High blood sugar has a detrimental effect on blood vessels, destroying them. The blood supply is disturbed, especially in the lower part of the legs. In addition, the sensitivity of nerve endings decreases. As a result, a person does not feel injured because of this. An ordinary callus, a small cut not treated in a timely manner, can become a non-healing wound, and later turn into an ulcer.
You should be extremely careful and try to avoid injuries or cuts, carefully check the condition of the legs. At the slightest violation of the skin, you should consult a doctor. Suppuration of the wound in diabetes mellitus is oftenleads to amputation of the affected parts of the limbs.
Promotes rapid healing: timely treatment with antiseptics, prescription of antibiotic ointments, proper nutrition, foods rich in B and C vitamins, additional prescription of vitamins, proper care of the affected area of the body, treatment, dressing.
Traditional medicine
When treating a non-healing wound on the leg, you can combine drug therapy and alternative methods. This combination will speed up healing.
Fresh cucumber juice has an antimicrobial effect. They need to lubricate the wounds, make compresses for several hours.
Leaves of celandine have a healing effect. Can be used for treatment both fresh and dry. Dry leaves should be steamed before use. Bandages are made with celandine leaves, applying them to the wound.
A mixture of burdock roots and celandine boiled in sunflower oil will also help. How to make it? Now we'll tell you. This will require 100 ml of sunflower oil, crushed burdock roots 30 g, celandine roots 20 g. It is worth cooking on low heat for 15 minutes. After cool and strain. Lubricate the affected area with the resulting mixture for a week two to three times a day.
Diabetes wounds
If a person has diabetes, non-healing wounds how to treat? Now we'll tell you. When treating a non-healing wound with diabetes, you need to remember how to properly treat the affected area and make a dressing:
- The wound must be clean. To do this, change the bandage as often as possible. Whereinuse disposable sterile gloves. Treat a non-healing wound with a disinfectant. For processing, use a solution of "Chlorhexidine".
- Clean the wound from the accumulation of dead tissue and pus. For this, hydrogen peroxide and cotton wool are used. Pour abundantly over the affected area and the area around it with peroxide. This will facilitate the removal of necrosis. The procedure is quite painful, but necessary. After that, you need to dry the wound. Cotton balls should be formed according to the size of the affected area. After standing gently, but deeply penetrating into the wound, remove the liquid.
- Using the ointment. If the wound is festering, the use of Vishnevsky ointment and hydrocortisone will help. If there is no pus and the wound is healing, oil-based products containing plant extracts will do.
- If there is an infection in the wound, antibiotic ointments are used ("Levomekol", "Levosil"). For healing, anti-inflammatory agents (Levomisol, Romazulon) are suitable. If the wound does not heal well, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics and a course of vitamins.
It is worth following the prescriptions of the attending physician, consulting if you wish to use traditional medicine recipes. Self-medication, the wrong choice of drugs can significantly worsen the condition of the wound and slow down healing.
Ointments
Effective ointments for non-healing wounds:
1. Solcoseryl. It is applied fordry wounds. Accelerates tissue regeneration, promotes effective healing. 2. "Actovegin". To heal deep wounds, a gel is released, after the wound has begun to heal, an ointment is applied. Analogue of "Solcoseryl". 3. "Levomekol". An antibiotic drug. It is used to treat purulent wounds, burns, bedsores, trophic ulcers.
4. "Baneocin". A drug that contains antibiotics that protect the skin from infection. Available in ointment and powder form.
Non-healing weeping wounds
Weeping wound is accompanied by the release of ichorus in large quantities. This happens if a person is injured due to a burn (electrical, chemical, solar), there is inflammation of the skin, bacterial or fungal lesions, skin is torn off, there are diaper rash, abrasions and calluses.
In order to avoid infection in such a wound, an antiseptic dressing is needed. If there are foreign objects in the affected area, the damaged skin diverges by more than one centimeter, there is severe bleeding, then you should immediately go to the emergency room. If all this is not there, you can treat the wound and apply a bandage yourself.
Iodine or brilliant green should not be used to wash an open weeping wound. These products will burn the tissue, and the liquid will not drain. And this can cause inflammation and suppuration. Better to use hydrogen peroxide. Can be treated with a solution of "Chlorhexidine", "Unisept", "Decasan" orMiramistin. For subsequent cleansing and treatment of the wound, you can use a solution of furacilin or an isotonic solution (boiled water with s alt, 5 grams per glass of water). These products can be used to remove dried bandages and to treat the surface of the affected area.
Weeping wounds. Treatment
How to treat non-healing wounds that get wet? Until a crust has formed on the affected area, ointments should be discarded. For treatment, use solutions or powders with a drying effect. S alt solution works simply and effectively in this case. How to cook it? Dilute s alt in water in proportion 1x10.
To speed up tissue regeneration and eliminate infection, antibiotic powder should be used. For this, the following means are prescribed: "Streptocide", "Penicillin", "Levomycetin".
Combined drugs are also used to suppress bacteria and fungal environment, such as "Baneocin". A thin layer of powder is applied to the treated surface of the wound with a cotton swab. Then it is covered with a sterile gauze and bandaged. After 4-5 hours, the bandage should be moistened with saline. After that it should be replaced. If the wound heals, there is no pus or it is very small, you can not wash with saline, but limit yourself to treating the affected area.
If the pain does not go away, the edges of the wound darken, the inflammation spreads to nearby areas of the skin, an urgent need to visit a doctor. In this case, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics andantibacterial drugs to avoid infection, sepsis. In addition, vitamins are needed to maintain resistant body functions.
Conclusion
Proper and timely treatment will give a positive result within one to two weeks. In some severe cases, therapy will be required for a month with the use of physiotherapy: heating, quartz treatment, laser treatment, massage. Wounds that heal for a long time lead to damage to adjacent skin areas and the formation of keloid scars, which can remain forever. You need to be attentive to your he alth.
