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lundi 29 août 2016

When Wound Debridement Is Necessary For Your Treatment

By Ruth Taylor


Wounds burns and cuts are various skin issues that usually results from accidents. Depending on how grave it is, you cannot expect the cut to heal immediately. That is a fact. Especially if toxins and infectious bacteria reside on the cuts. Failure to provide immediate medical attention will surely make the wounds bigger. Furthermore, it will also affect other good tissues on your body.

People who are highly exposed to these are those who had suffered from major accidents and burns. In order to resolve your healing issues faster, doctors developed various method and procedures. One of the most highly recommended health applications is the wound debridement. This surgical phase involves the removal of your dead cells.

This way, it will give room to your dead cells to make the healing process much efficient. This process is very literal. Hence, you should stay on guard. Before engaging in it, thorough medical tests were first conducted. Your doctor will also perform wound measurement. They need to have the exact size and depth of the wound. This way, they can limit the risk of the operation.

There are several complications you might face in the future, hence, you need to be completely educated with that. Those risks include pain, infection, and bleeding. If you are not immune enough, it might expose you to higher risk especially if you have diabetes, poor nutrition, and smoking problems.

Debridement procedures are performed under four fields. Those four methods are classified under surgical and nonsurgical. Before you take the surgery, make sure to talk to your doctor about it. They must give you insights about the different effect it can offer. To know more about it, below are its classifications.

Autolytic debridement. It involves natural means of healing. It can be associated with the normal wound healing you have experienced before. However, instead of waiting for a long time, practitioners used hydrocolloids and hydrogels. This application makes the healing treatment faster and effective.

Mechanical debridement. This technique uses mechanical components. This is recognized as more effective than Autolytic debridement. However, you need to be aware of its cons. The method had a tendency to remove not only the dead tissues but also the goo one. Many patients also report discomfort and pain after the procedure. Hence, you need to be careful. The most common practice under this procedure is the Dry Dressing.

Enzymatic Debridement. These are performed especially on patients with burns. When performing it, various enzymes were used. These can come from plants with high protein digestive elements. Few of its examples are collagenase, papain, and bromelain. Those components are laboratory produced.

Maggot therapy. This type of application uses maggots. A larva that is feed with dead tissues of animals. To sustain the safeness of the application, the doctor must exactly calculate the number of maggots needed on your body. Any overlap may endanger the health of their patient. Aside from that, these maggots are completely safe to use. They are only fed on the dead cells of your body. Once their job is over, they will be pulled out.




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