Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the major complications of diabetes. Between 19-34% of all diabetic patients will develop a foot ulcer at some point in their lives 1. Often underestimated, or even unrecognised by patients, a diabetic foot ulcer can lead to complications such as infection, or in the worst cases, amputation. After amputation, …
Acute wounds and chronic wounds have different healing times. Acute wounds (burns, cuts, scratches etc.) heal faster (in around 2 to 4 weeks) than chronic wounds, which often average a healing time of 210 days1. However, chronic wounds are usually related to an underlying disease such as diabetes, or venous or arterial insufficiency, which have …
Several factors can cause a wound, compromise its healing, or even cause an acute wound to become a chronic wound, with all the risks of complications that brings. Below are some of the risk factors usually present: Disease-related risk factors Venous insufficiency: Prevents the blood from reaching the upper body (moving towards the heart). It …
There are two categories of wounds: Acute wounds They can be described as wounds that appear suddenly; such as burns and post-operative wounds related to surgery, or traumatic wounds, which can look like cuts, lacerations, bites, scratches, or can result from extreme weather conditions, as in the case of frostbite. For these acute wounds, the physiological healing …