As technology improves and patients with more complicated problems are living longer, treating wounds in these patients is becoming more challenging, not because of the wounds specifically but because of the comorbidities and associated treatments. Our center regularly sees patients with a wound or ulcer who are also undergoing immunosuppression therapy. Patients with pulmonary disease, inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, skin diseases, and others take medication that influences the immune system. The more challenging patient population involves those who have received a transplant. In our practice in Alabama, there are many patients who have had kidney transplants … read more