Wound Healing
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- Complications of Wound HealingComplications of wound healing can turn into life threatening situations knowing the signs and symptoms before these turning events can happen are vital to your well being during wound healing.
- Sleep Deprivation Delays Wound HealingFor individuals who suffer from sleep deprivation, there may be an adverse impact to wound healing options.
- Sex Hormones Promote Wound HealingIn the elderly population, the slowed progress of wound healing may be corrected with the use of hormone therapy.
- Portable Oxygen Therapy Improves Wound HealingWounds are a tremendous problem for the United States and the health care system worldwide, and up until recently wounds were not addressed in a fashion where good wound healing was the result.
- How Smoking Ruins Your Looks by Damaging Your SkinSmoking advances the aging process by inducing wrinkles in your skin and in the area around your mouth. You also develop skin bags under your eyes because of smoking.
- Sever(ity)A tactile poem about the disassociation and self-mutilation often identified with Borderline Personality Disorder.
- Wounds Will HealSome of the things I write have a darker edge. This still has the edge, but with a bit more hope. No matter how sad you are, you can find hope, even if it's cynical.
- The First MoveA story that will be familiar to any teenager, and to any parent who has ever been, or had, a teenager.
- SurgeA poem about pushing despite all odds.
- Methods of Debridement: A Patient's GuideIn some cases, a doctor may suggest debridement for wounds that are not healing well. Read on to learn about the methods of debridement.
- Maggots: Friends that We Don't KnowAn article talking about maggot therapy.
- Hands of TwelveA 2010 New Year poem
- DamagedDo you see me as damaged?
- Student Nurses Guide to Care of the Incision Part 2As a student nurse or even a nurse you will be handling the care of many wounds. This guide will help from the first incision you care for or if you're just trying to brush up on your skills. Part 2 in our care of the incision series.
- The Healing Properties of SalivaThere is now scientific evidence to support the fact that saliva contributes to the healing of wounds, and that is has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties.
A Guide to Pressure/ Ulcerated WoundsMy mom got a skin tear in the hospital. It was noticed and because a wound- a very bad one. Read about this medical problem.- WoundsThoughts on wounding and being wounded..
- Band-Aid Large Adhesive PadsThey Work On Vampire Bites
- Jackal Justifies Lost TailThere is an interesting story, which drives home a very powerful lesson and has relevance when we think of some drainpipe politicians .
Sometimes Wounds Heal with a Band-AidMy friend, who was carrying a medic kit, reached in and pulled out a band-aid. He washed her leg off with his bottle of water
