Chronic Wound Care – All You Need to Know

If you are nursing a chronic wound, traditional healing methods may not give you the results you desire. Wounds from a medical condition, trauma, or surgery may require more comprehensive treatment. Your wounds must be treated by a wound specialist. At Shaheen Vascular, we offer a wide range of advanced wound care treatments. We use the best medical technology to encourage your body’s natural healing process, prevent amputations, and promote healthy tissue. Contact us to schedule a consultation or visit our establishment in Mountain View, CA. 

Advanced Wound Dressing

Advanced wound dressings are aimed at people who suffer from complicated injuries. It benefits those who have not gained their desired results from traditional wound care methods. Advanced wound dressings treat numerous chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, severe skin tears, surgical wounds, venous stasis ulcers, gangrene, osteomyelitis, severe burns, and peripheral arterial disease ulcers. 

How Does Advanced Wound Dressing Work?

Complex wounds, such as the ones we mentioned, must be treated by a wound care doctor to help them heal quickly. This will reduce the possibility of infection and scarring. Smart-technology, stem-cell therapies, debridement techniques, human allografts, wound-VAC therapy, collagen and honey-based wound dressings, and advanced compression services are all used to achieve the best results possible that are long-lasting. To create the ideal micro-environment, all our patients are examined and treated for blood flow and nutritional deficiencies. This helps to heal complex wounds. 

Advanced Compression Services

Injury, surgery and other occurrences may result in fluid accumulation. The fluid accumulation may be uncomfortable and even painful. Thanks to advanced compression services, pain and discomfort can be alleviated. Advanced compression services stimulate lymphatic functions in the area that is being treated. The pressure allows the fluid accumulation to be dispersed throughout the body. This allows the fluid to be processed and removed naturally. 

Allografts

Allographs are donated sterile human grafts. They are used to help complex wounds where traditional healing methods were unsuccessful. These advanced allografts are made up of an extracellular matrix rich in growth factors, collagen, and stem cells found in healthy human tissue, fibroblasts, and epithelial cells. The tissues used come from the umbilical cord or the amniotic sac. 

Wound Debridement

Wound debridement removes necrotic tissue, biofilm, and other debris from a wound through a surgical procedure. These types of debris prevent your body from forming new healthy tissues. This results in a wound that does not heal. Removing them can help create a better environment for your wound to heal. It may also reduce the risk of bacterial infections in the wound. While many types of wounds do not require such extensive treatment, chronic wounds may take longer to heal, and require a wound care doctor to administer treatment. 

Wound VAC Treatment

Wound VAC treatments change the pressure around your wound. It is also known as wound vacuum-assisted closure treatment. It uses a vacuum dressing placed over the wound. This decreases the air pressure on your wound, allowing it to heal. The change in pressure offers many benefits, such as keeping the wound clean, pulling the edges of the wound, reducing swelling, removing bacteria, stimulating tissue growth, and moving fluids to other areas of the body. 

All of these advanced wound healing treatments offer many advantages. If you are suffering from a wound caused by an injury, surgery, or trauma, and traditional wound treatments have not provided effective results, we can help you. 

What is a Wound Specialist?

Wound specialists may include doctors, physical therapists, and nurses. These individuals have been specifically trained to care for and treat wounds that fail to heal with traditional methods. Their training is extensive, and continued education and re-certification are required to update knowledge. 

What is a Non-Healing Wound?

If you have a wound that is not healing and is starting to raise concern, you may have a non-healing wound. Because of the extended function of your immune system and your body’s natural healing process, a cut or a bruise should show signs of healing within 2 weeks. Within 6 weeks, a wound should be thoroughly healed. If your wound is not healing, it may indicate a lack of adequate nutrition, a problematic immune system, or an illness. The cause may also be two or more of these factors. 

Acute Wounds

Acute wounds are wounds that occur quickly rather than over a long period. When considering their healing time, they are more predictable. These wounds will heal over a calculated time. Taking care of such a wound requires the surrounding and affected area to be covered and sanitized. This will avoid the risk of infection. These wounds go through three main stages of healing: 

Inflammatory stage

In this phase, blood vessels contract when the wound is identified by the body and a blood clot is formed. 

Proliferative Stage

Here, the body uses collagen and other tissue-building proteins to form new tissue. 

Remodeling Stage

During this phase, dead tissue is completely replaced with functional tissue. 

Specialized Wound Care in Mountain View, CA

Experiencing injury or trauma is difficult enough to deal with. Having the additional concern of a wound that will not heal may create panic. At Shaheen Vascular, we specialize in advanced wound care treatment. We are professionals that have received advanced medical training to treat any type of wound. We understand the healing capabilities of the body. We use the latest medical technology to heal wounds that have not been healed by traditional methods. If you are struggling with a severe or chronic wound, we can help you. Contact us and schedule a consultation today.