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Chronic Wound Treatment in Dubai: What You Should Know

Your health guide to chronic wound care and treatment in Dubai, and what are the risk factors for developing chronic wounds.

Posted on

2 March 2022

Last updated on 3 March 2022
Chronic wound treatment in Dubai

How to take care of chronic wounds, according to doctors at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai.

Every now and then, something happens that can result in an injury. While most of the time these incidences leave minor wounds that can typically heal in a few days or a few weeks' times, there are cases when the injury is a lot more serious.

When an acute wound doesn't heal properly or it gets infected, this may result in chronic wounds.

Here's what you need to know about this condition, including what is a chronic wound, chronic wound treatment in Dubai, and what to expect during the healing period.

What is a chronic wound?

A chronic wound is an injury that doesn’t heal within six weeks, says a Mediclinic doctor.

Deep ulcers, infected cuts, and large burns are a few examples and they are not limited just to more common causes such as diabetic foot, pressure, and venous ulcers.

This injury type is primarily diagnosed by a raised, hyperproliferative, and non-advancing wound margin. The area around the injury site will be inflamed which may affect the healing adversely.

Chronic wound treatment in Dubai

What can increase your risk of chronic wounds?

Factors which contribute to chronic wounds include:

  • Increased bacterial load/infections.
  • Inappropriate treatment.
  • Trauma.
  • Lower extremity wounds.
  • Senescent/aberrant cells, etc.

There are various aspects that can increase a patient’s risk of developing chronic wounds including bariatric or elderly patients, and those with venous insufficiency or diabetes.

How to prevent the risk of chronic wounds?

To prevent the risk of developing chronic wounds, it's very important to undergo appropriate treatment.

It varies depending on the type of wounds. Usually, underlying causes must first be identified by your doctor in order to progress the healing process.

How to treat chronic wounds in Dubai?

Individuals suffering from diabetes will need to improve their vascular health and nutrition. Both pressure and diabetic ulcers require offloading for an affected area. To treat venous ulcers, compression therapy plays an important role, while arterial ulcers require revascularisation.

Chronic wound treatment at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai

Indeed, physicians employ the acronym T.I.M.E. (Tissue, Inflammation or Infection, Moisture, Edge) to determine reasons contributing to poor chronic wound healing.

In addition, antibiotics are given to treat or prevent an infection caused by bacteria. Essential wound care should also be undertaken, including:

  • Cleaning. Cleaning is done by simply flushing the injury with sterile water. Healthcare service providers indeed employ a catheter (tube) tip or needle.
  • Debridement. Debridement is completed to remove anything from the injury which can delay the healing and at the same time cause infection. For instance, objects like small rocks and dirt as well as dead tissues.
  • Wound dressing. Wound dressing protects the wound from further infection and injury. It will also help in maintaining moisture in the injured part to promote a speedy recovery. A plastic bandage can be wrapped around the wound to put light pressure on it. This can be in the form of gel, foam, gauge, bandage, or films. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) may also be done, also called wound vac or wound vacuum therapy, in which a vacuum device utilises suction in order to remove waste and fluid around the wound. It also promotes new tissue growth as well as increases blood flow.

Last but not least, HBO or hyperbaric oxygen therapy can also be useful. It is utilised to get more oxygen into the body. In this method, the oxygen is given under pressure inside of a tube-like chamber called a pressure or hyperbaric chamber.

For more details on Mediclinic City Hospital's wound care service, please click here.

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