Question 1

my father finally given gv cefprime cv & fucadine to be applied on his wound.he is diabetic. are they good medicines for his infection & wound to heal?

Accepted Answer

Yes: keep appling once a day for 1 wk

Question 2

what's a wound infection caused by?

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Infection: A wound infection is caused by a bacterium. There are thousands of species of bacteria that we live with every day; a smaller subset are the culprits of wound infections.

Question 3

what the signs of a wound infection?

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Pain & redness: Increasing pain at the wound with swelling, skin becomes warm and develops spreading redness. May get bad looking drainage from the site. Sometimes person can get fevers.

Question 4

what should i do for a wound infection?

Accepted Answer

See doctor: Is this a surgical wound or a traumatic wound from an injury? See your surgeon if it is after surgery. See a family doctor or emergency room if it is an infected wound from injury, accident, or burn. Wash and keep the are clean if it is not too deep.

Question 5

what are the tests for wound infection?

Accepted Answer

Tests for infection: In order to treat an infection in a wound, a clinician must correctly diagnose an infection. A culture should be taken of any wound that may be infected before empirical antibiotics are administered. There are proper ways to perform a culture: for example, using the levine technique. This insures a more accurate method of determining an infection.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of a wound infection?

Accepted Answer

See below: Red swollen skin away from the injury site, excess heat and redness of the skin around the wound, purulent foul smelling drainage from the wound, person may have fevers, sometimes there may be increasing pain rather than improving pain.

Question 7

how do i take care of a small wound infection?

Accepted Answer

Doctor visit: All i can say is see your doctor asap!  what appears as a small wound infection can turn into a  larger  problem without the proper care.

Question 8

in what way is a severe wound infection treated?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotics: The wound should be seen by a physician.  It may need to be opened and drained to get rid of the source of the infection followed by wound care to allow good healing.  Patients are usually initially started on antibiotics to help clear the infection.

Question 9

do symptoms like wound infection go away quickly?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Most wound infections are treated with antibiotics and resolve fairly quickly, a few days, depending on the type of bacteria that is causing the infection, the blood supply to the infected area, and the depth of the infection.  If the depth of the infection is through the fascia or into the bone it may take weeks to months to clear.

Question 10

how long for symptoms of wound infection to appear?

Accepted Answer

Wound infection: This is quite variable: it can be fairly immediate to many weeks. Your question is complicated by the lack of strict adherence or even a consensus for what constitutes an infection. We have bacteria all over our body; and certainly there is bacteria in wounds. But whether colonization or actual infection is involved can be quite variable from one clinician to the next.

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My father finally given gv cefprime cv & fucadine to be applied on his wound.he is diabetic. are they good medicines for his infection & wound to heal?

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What should i do for a wound infection?

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What are the tests for wound infection?

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