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St. Joseph Burn & Wound Center
Fort Wayne, IN
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Wound care
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United States: Indiana
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
41 Answers
10 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Less: Generally, people with a larger body mass have a lower risk for pressure sores because they have more padding between bony prominences and the skin. ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Reverse is true: Staph. Is a very common bacteria found in our everyday environment. Some people even carry it in their nose and don't even know it! it doesn't become ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Foban is safe: Foban is a trade name for a mild, compounded antibiotic. It's safe to use on the face or any other skin surface. It should help healing of an open wou... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Moderate alcohol ok: Alcohol in moderation will not significantly affect cephalexin.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Ignore: Keep clean and dry. Absorbent bandage. Heals from the base up. Update tetanus (every 10yrs).
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Ok to go: Stitches are only removed when the wound has healed adequately that there is little risk for reopening. The face is a relatively low stress area of sk... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Conservative is best: A hordeolum or stye is an infection of the eyelash follicle. Most resolve on their own with time. Try a warm, clean, moist washcloth compress 4 times ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Yes: The best way to screen for an enlarged heart (cardio megaly) is with a chest X-ray. It cannot assess function, only size. An echocardiogram would be t... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Normal: Blisters from a 2nd degree burn eventually rupture and drain serous fluid (yellow, watery). The overlying dead skin will then slough leaving a red der... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Untreated infection: Foul smelling pus is a mixture of bacteria and your body's white blood cells there to kill it. After draining it, there will be some blood mixed with ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Likely benign: It's most likely a swollen lymph node from the increasing pressure of pregnancy. If the tissue around it changes or you get new symptoms it may be som... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Keep it clean : The best environment for your body to heal a wound is one that is moist (not wet, not dry), clean, free from pressure/trauma and swelling, without inf... Read More
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5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 51-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Quite awhile: It can take several months for the light pink discoloration (erythema) from 2nd or 3rd degree burns to completely fade. It's not uncommon to also have... Read More
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2.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
See your doctor!: Foul smelling pus from a wound is very likely infected. If it hasn't healed in a week, much less 3, it isn't likely to heal without antibiotics and a ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Red +/- scab: It depends on the size and depth of the puncture wound; a small puncture may have some light, thin drainage and a faint red ring around the wound and ... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Keep it clean: There is very little risk of infection from blistered skin as the underlying dermis is still intact and acts as a barrier to infection. Cover your bur... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Clinic can stitch: You don't have to go to an emergency department at a hospital for stitches. There are now urgent care centers in most parts of the world that offer no... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Difficult to say: You're young and probably healthy so that shortens the list of possibilities. It's very hard to guess without pictures but my first thought is a very ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Cover open wounds: Exposing an open wound to air also exposes it to harmful bacteria and other microbes. I recommend cleaning all wounds initially with a gentle scrub o... Read More
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A 65-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Treat swelling: The key to long term success and prevention of future problems is to aggressively treat the leg swelling. Wound centers often use multilayer compressi... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Go to the doctor!: Dark, tarry stool is a sign of bleeding in your GI tract. You need to be seen right away to find out where the bleed is and why.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Treat husband too: If your infection keeps coming back, you're either taking too short of an antibiotic course (may need 4 weeks) or you are being re-infected by your pa... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
No: Hydrogen peroxide would be damaging to your tissues and your body would convert it to water anyway. Absolutely no heath benefits to ingesting hydroge... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Orthopaedic Surgeon: Do a search for "orthopaedic surgeon" and your city name to get a list of physicians in your area. It's preferable, however, to ask your primary care... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Not just age: Age is a factor in the development of pressure sores because skin and soft tissues tend to thin as we age. However, the most important risk factors f... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Not "just" a sore: Pressure sores are particularly difficult and "dangerous, " because of why and how they got there in the first place. A patient who develops a pressu... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Charcoal dressing: This begs the question that the wound has been evaluated by a health professional to determine why there is an odor. For particularly foul smelling w... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Probably unrelated: If a bite/scratch is infected, it almost always gets red, swollen, painful. Your symptoms are likely from an infection from a different source.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Keep it clean: Immediately clean with soap and water and cover with an over-the-counter triple antibiotic cream 2x/day. Pad it with a protective dressing and keep i... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Concentrated Oxygen : Hyperbaric oxygen (hbo) is a treatment designed to deliver high concentrations of oxygen to very specific types of wounds. The patient is placed in a... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
No: Skin quality not type or color will determine its response to trauma. During waxing, the top, dead layer of skin may get removed with the hair. Skin t... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Yes: Topical laser treatment should have no effect on Metformin and Glycerin suppository and vice versa. You can restart immediately.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Not Likely: Fish oil in small supplements should not cause bloating or subsequent weight gain. It's not likely an allergy as that is caused by the fish protein no... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
No secret: Patience, good hygiene, healthy diet.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Sharp removal: Tiny, hard white bumps just under the surface of the skin are called milial cysts. They can stay unchanged for years. The best way to remove them is t... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
See your doctor: Skin infections are most commonly caused by S. aureus or "staph." The resistant form is known as MRSA. Antibiotic choice depends on the patient's othe... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Not Dangerous: Some skin tags can get large enough to rub against clothing and become irritated. Friction against something like a wool sweater can cause enough dama... Read More
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1.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Several weeks: Hematomas start soft and harden as the blood inside coagulates. It will slowly turn from a deep purple to a yellow starting at the edges as your body'... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Surgery may be best: Without knowing all of the details, your implant isn't likely to "heal" any more than what is has after 5 months. With significant pain at this point,... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Normal: Yellow fluid inside blisters is called "serous fluid." It's your body's way of initially cooling the area. I recommend a health care professional drai... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Forbesanswered
Wound care 18 years experience
Poor antibiotic: Ichthammol or black ointment is a drawing salve that may be helpful for minor skin lesions and irritations. A "boil" is a significant skin infection c... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Forbes is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Forbes is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you, that is the direction I am leaning to.
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Your answer was very helpful! Thanks :) absolutely brilliant answer. thanks Dr Jason.
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Your answer was very helpful! Thanks :) Thanks for the detailed answer :)
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, OK
Graduated 2005MD
Awards
Most Influential, First Place, Fort Wayne Region - Spring
2015
Thought Leader, Second Place, Fort Wayne Region - Spring
2015
Top Doctor, Second Place, Fort Wayne Region - Spring
2015
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