If you want to accelerate wound healing, you should first of all make sure that the wound remains germ-free and the wound edges are not under tension. A good general and nutritional state as well as the absence of smoking help to heal wounds faster. Read more about how wound healing can be accelerated or promoted!
What can speed wound healing
Various factors can promote wound healing. Some of them can not be influenced like old age. In young people, wounds heal faster. Other factors, however, can specifically support rapid wound healing.
For example, one should make sure that a wound remains germ-free and the wound edges are not under tension. With increased storage and immobilization of the injured body part can also promote wound healing.
Other factors that improve wound healing are good general and nutritional status, good blood circulation and the maintenance of body heat in the wound area.
Treat underlying diseases
For chronic wounds, it is important to treat possibly existing underlying diseases professionally. If you want to accelerate wound healing in a diabetic foot ulcer, for example, you have to provide pressure relief and optimal blood glucose control.
What bothers the healing process
Various factors have a negative effect on the healing process of wounds. These should therefore be avoided or reduced, if possible, so that wounds heal faster.
This includes correcting or avoiding malnutrition. Also, a lack of vitamins (such as vitamin C), trace elements (such as zinc, iron) or protein has a detrimental effect. If the deficiency can not be compensated by means of nutrition, appropriate substitute supplements from the pharmacy can help.
In addition to malnutrition, severe obesity can interfere with the healing process of wounds.
The same applies to dehydration (due to external influences, but also due to insufficient drinking), cold, foreign bodies in the wound, certain medications (cortisone-containing drugs, cytostatics) as well as allergic reactions to the suture material or locally applied preparations.
Do you want the Accelerate wound healing, you should also abstain from active and passive smoking. It reduces the blood circulation in the tissue, which slows down the healing process.