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Serosanguineous: Small amount of blood is present in the drainage; it is pink in color due to the presence of red blood cells mixed with serous drainage. This is a normal part of the healing process. Sanguineous: This type of drainage contains red blood due to trauma of blood vessels, this may occur while cleaning the wound.
In acute wounds, there is a precise balance between production and degradation of molecules such as collagen; in chronic wounds this balance is lost and degradation plays too large a role. [5] [6] Chronic wounds may never heal or may take years to do so. These wounds can cause patients severe emotional and physical stress and create a ...
Chronic ulcer symptoms usually include increasing pain, friable granulation tissue, foul odour, and wound breakdown instead of healing. [3] Symptoms tend to worsen once the wound has become infected. Venous skin ulcers that may appear on the lower leg, above the calf or on the lower ankle usually cause achy and swollen legs.
Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).
The hurricane brought death, destroyed homes and belongings, and caused indescribable pain. The situation seemed hopefully for many, but several charities and organizations -- both big and small ...
But by and large, those with moral injury are on their own. David Wood and Debbie Schiano join HuffPost Live to discuss the steps for treating soldiers suffering from moral injuries. A delirious wounded soldier reaches for a human touch while a flight medic and crew chief attend to other soldiers aboard a medical evacuation helicopter in ...
There are several types of Vibrio, but V. vulnificus are the most dangerous. The bacteria infect an estimated 80,000 people in the United States every year, killing about 100, according to the ...
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization. “But things ...