Dry Wound Healing Dressing

By the woundsource editors.

Dry wound healing dressing.

Thus non infected open wounds with partial or full thickness or which are very dry can be dressed with hydrocolloid wound dressings. In its simplest form in the selection of a dressing use a wet dressing for a dry wound a dry dressing for a wet wound and an antibacterial dressing for a colonised or infected wound. So it is always best when a wound is kept at its balanced moist level. If your dressing sticks to your wound bed pour a little saline solution over the area to help it come off without pain.

If a wound is too dry it can create scab and eventually scar when it is healed. When it dries it collects debris from within the wound and keeps it clean. Do not be confused about the number of dressings available. Wet to dry dressing is a time tested method for treating wounds.

Studies have shown significant value in moist wound healing as opposed to treatment of wounds in a dry environment and clinical evidence has supported this view for many years. He found a 26 percent savings annually in a 65 nationwide home care agency and remarked that wet to dry dressings increase pain slowed wound healing and increased infection rate. Hydrocolloid wound dressings which do not only provide moist healing environment but also an autolytic debridement of the wound site. Coyne researched the cost effectiveness of using a polyacrylate moist wound dressing in comparison with wet to dry.

The wound can then close around the cloth. Winter s work began the evolution of modern wound dressings that promote moist wound healing. But when a wound is too wet it can cause infection or a wound that won t stop to weep. The most common cloth to use is clean.

Specifically cell growth needs moisture and the main goal of moist wound therapy is to create and maintain these optimal moist conditions. Hampton s 2015 selecting wound dressings for optimum healing. When a wound heals with a moist wound bed it heals quicker and with less pain and scarring. In order for a wound to heal it has to be balance between its fluid level and dryness as well.

Keeping the wound area moist is very important in certain types of wound care. Basically a wet piece of clean cloth is put into the wound. This cannot be further from the truth.