Wounds

Wounds - mechanical damage to the tissue with a violation of their integrity. The condition of the edges of the wound is of great importance for healing. There are wounds crushed, bruised, torn, cut, chopped, chipped, gunshot, bitten.

Symptoms, course. The presence of a skin defect, pain, bleeding. The sharper the wounding object and the faster the wounding force, the less pain. The severity of pain depends on the innervation of the affected area (maximum soreness on the face, perineum, genitalia). If the phenomena of inflammation do not join, after 2-3 days the pain completely passes. The sharper the wounding tool, the more bleeding the wound, with bleeding wounds usually bleeding. Not always when injured, bleeding is external, common hematomas can form. Wound healing is possible with primary and secondary tension.

Treatment. In uncomplicated small in the area and depth of wounds treatment in a clinic is shown. Primary surgical treatment of the wound with excision of necrotic areas, crushed tissues is made, after which the wound is sutured. In some cases, with deep wounds, drainage of the wound and the imposition of provisional seams on the skin are shown. On the wrist and face, only visibly nonviable tissues are excised, in connection with a good blood supply, wound healing in these areas is quite satisfactory.

For wounds complicated by bleeding, damage to the muscles, tendons, nerves, wounds of the chest, abdomen, hospitalization is shown with careful revision and restoration of damaged anatomical formations.

The prognosis depends on the timing of the wound treatment and the nature of the complications that have joined.