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Chronic Wounds

When you suffer an injury, your body usually heals itself. It’s designed to do that. Typically, the blood clots; a little inflammation helps keep infection at bay, and new cells knit the wound together. Wounds that simply won’t heal are called “chronic.” There are several reasons why a wound may become chronic:

  • Infection. If the wound becomes infected, or if your body is suffering an infection, the natural course of healing is disrupted.

  • Obstruction of blood flow to the wound (ischemia) or decrease of oxygen to tissue cells (tissue hypoxia).

  • Certain health conditions, such as diabetes.

  • Pressure or repeated injury to the wound.

 

 

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