Tag: Moist Wound Healing

What are the Benefits of Moist Wound Healing?

The process of keeping a wound in an optimally moist environment to aid faster healing is known as moist wound healing. According to studies, the moist wound heals faster than the wounds allowed to dry out … Studies have demonstrated that moist wound healing is more beneficial than treating wounds in a dry environment, and clinical data has backed this up for years. Since a moist environment keeps new skin cells alive and encourages cell renewal, moist wound healing has been demonstrated to enhance re-epithelialization and can result in a reduction of scar formation … In addition, treating wounds in a moist environment looks promising for generating a microenvironment that promotes regenerative healing without the formation of scars. Clinicians frequently choose dressings that establish and regulate a moist wound environment for these reasons … read more

Chronic Wound Management

     Optimizing the Wound Healing Environment

 

Chronic wounds are any types of wounds that have failed to heal in 90 days. Identifying the cause of a chronic wound is most important in the healing process. We as clinicians must help bolster advanced wound care by sharing advances in education in evidence-based treatment, prevention, and wound assessment.

 

A wound must go through hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling, along with various cellular contributions. The scaffolding of the extracellular matrix is what provides the elasticity and tensile strength to the skin structure. Various proteins such as collagen, fibronectins, elastins, and laminins make up this vital matrix to aid and complete the process of wound closure. We see extracellular matrix damage mostly in our geriatric population … read more