With proper care burnt wounds heal within a few weeks, however in some cases the healing is stalled leading to chronic non-healing burns which requires special care. Factors like diabetes, advanced age, and poor circulation interferes with the healing process. Thus, it’s important to eat a nutritious diet and maintain proper blood sugar levels for healing. Chronic wounds cause pain and limited mobility which impairs daily living, socializing, and other activities.
If a chronic non-healing burns wound doesn’t heal within a few weeks, examination by your medical practioner is required. Your doctor through various tests will evaluate any underlying problems to design a personalized healing care program.
Chronic non-healing wound treatment Wound healing is complex and often involves many disciplines. Our team includes specialists in internal medicine, infectious disease, vascular surgery, orthopedic surgery, podiatric surgery, prosthetics, and rheumatology. We offer the most advanced treatment for non-healing and hard-to-heal wounds, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which uses the power of oxygen to heal your wounds as you rest in a specialized treatment chamber. offers a full range of medical and surgical treatment options for non-healing wounds.
Patients may experience chronic pain, loss of mobility and function, increased morbidity, increased isolation and social stress, anxiety and depression, extended hospitalization, and increased financial burden.
Research indicates that certain nutrients such as vitamin C and Aloe vera play an important role in wound healing. Both provide micronutrients essential for protein synthesis that helps to stop infection, reduce pain and inflammation, and eventually promote healing.
Sign of healing of chronic non-healing burns include:
Our chronic non-healing burns wound specialists perform several diagnostic tests to evaluate your wound, tissue oxygenation, blood flow, presence of infection, nutritional status, that contributes to your overall healing process. Our chronic non-healing wound treatment program identifies and addresses the underlying problems that prevent wound healing. The goal is to prevent the recurrence of the wound, further complications, and to maintain your mobility.
Chronic non-healing burns wounds need oxygen to heal, your blood delivers oxygen, nutrients, and removes toxins and bacteria from the wounded area. Thus, optimal levels of blood oxygen must be maintained. To achieve it, you must eat nutritious balanced diet, exercise regularly to increase blood circulation, reduce smoking, alcohol, coffee intake, and manage stress effectively.
If visible improvement and healing progression within 3-4 weeks is not seen, fixing an appointment with your doctor is advised. If a foul smell, swelling, redness or pain persists, in the burnt wound area, a high possibility of infection persists and thus hospital visitation becomes essential.
The healing duration depends on the wound’s severity and physical complications like cancer, age, or diabetes. With er, and other conditions. With personalized chronic non-healing wound treatment care program, patients usually heal within three months.
Your doctor will outline the treatment plan at the initial appointment. Until your wound is completely healed, regular visits to your doctor is required.
Receiving personalized chronic non-healing wound treatment care is key to recovery. Proper nutrition and ample exercise promote healing process. Further, if you suffer from diabetes or heart condition, it’s important to maintain the blood sugar level and blood pressure under control.
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