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2. Negative-pressure wound therapy - Wikipedia

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   Negative pressure wound therapy device. Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as a vacuum assisted closure (VAC), is a therapeutic technique using a suction pump, tubing, and a dressing to remove excess exudate and promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and second- and third-degree burns. The therapy involves the controlled ...

3. Warm compress - Wikipedia

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   Warm compresses are a common non-pharmacological therapy used in the treatment of things such as sports injuries, dental pain, post-operative wound healing, and ophthalmic conditions. They are believed to improve blood flow, increase oxygenation in tissues and help manage inflammation. [2] Warm Compress demonstrated with a warm, wet towel

4. Wound healing - Wikipedia

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   The wound-healing process is not only complex but fragile, and it is susceptible to interruption or failure leading to the formation of non-healing chronic wounds. Factors that contribute to non-healing chronic wounds are diabetes, venous or arterial disease, infection, and metabolic deficiencies of old age. [4] Wound care encourages and speeds ...

5. Not All Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies Are Created Equal - AOL

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   “It’s basically using oxygen as a pharmacological agent,” says Nilufer Norsworthy, M.D, an internal medicine physician at the University of Washington Medicine’s Wound Care and Hyperbaric ...

6. Non-contact normothermic wound therapy - Wikipedia

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   The card heats to 100.4°F (38°C), bathing the wound in radiant heat. The closely sealed wound covering promotes a moist environment in the wound bed. It is sometimes indicated in wounds that have failed to heal with conventional therapies including wounds with compromised blood flow, diabetic ulcers, and bed sores. [2]

7. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Gauze dressing is made up of woven or non-woven fibres of cotton, rayon, and polyester. Gauze dressing are capable of absorbing discharge from wound but requires frequent changing. Excessive wound discharge would cause the gauze to adhere to the wound, thus causes pain when trying to remove the gauze from the wound.

8. Non-pharmacological intervention - Wikipedia

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   Non-pharmacological interventions may be intended to prevent or treat (ameliorate or cure) diseases or other health-related conditions, or to improve public health. They can be educational and may involve a variety of lifestyle or environmental changes. [ 4 ]

9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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   The spokesperson cited an Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet that reads, “No A.A. member should ‘play doctor’; all medical advice and treatment should come from a qualified physician.” As part of Hazelden’s program revamp, Seppala said, the organization has added “stigma management” training to teach those on buprenorphine how to talk ...