Question 1

how can you make an open wound heal faster?

Accepted Answer

Wound healing: There are too many types of wounds to accurately answer your question. Repost with the location and or type of wound. Wounds should not remain 'open' to air; they require moisture on the surface to heal properly.

Question 2

how does an open wound heal and is there anything to speed the process?

Accepted Answer

Wound healing: In wound care, we ultimately clean the wound and free it of debris and then place a sterile product on the wound to create a moist healing environment.

We do this while we treat the underlying cause of the wound: compression for venous ulcers; artery repair for arterial ulcers; pressure redistribution for pressure ulcers, etc.

Question 3

how long does it take for an open wound to heal on face?

Accepted Answer

Rapid Healing: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( red, hot, swollen, tender) is important to healing  so anti-inflammatories (motrin, advil) are bad. Cover the area with a clean dressing changed every other day  and protected from trauma.  Antibiotics do not help healing unless it is truly infected.

Question 4

what could be the cause of continuous peeling of skin underneath fingers? this peeling and healing cycle has been continuing for 3 or more months now. it also causes my skin to crack and have a small cut or open wound which heals for about a few days?

Accepted Answer

: Most likely cause in US is you are keeping hands in water or wet at work. Especially if you use rubber gloves at work all day. Discuss other causes found in the Philippines with your Dr.

Question 5

open wound won't heal, why is this and what should i do?

Accepted Answer

See doctor: It needs medical attention to figure out why it will not heal.

Question 6

my dr put sodium on an open wound that will not heal.   what does that do?

Accepted Answer

Superfast healing: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( red, hot, swollen, tender) is important to healing  so anti-inflammatories (motrin, advil) are bad. Cover the area with a clean dressing changed every other day  and protected from trauma.  Antibiotics do not help healing unless it is truly infected.

Question 7

what do you advise if i had a boil on my penis, the boil is gone now but it left an open wound that won't heal. pls help?

Accepted Answer

You need to seek : medical evaluation. Some sexually transmitted diseases can manifest in the way you have described.

Question 8

i have an open wound that doesn't heal.  what should i do? i had anal sex with my boyfriend. after several times i noticed i was bleeding and i had a cut in my anus. it has been a month now and the cut (wound) has not heel and it hurts when i have to go t

Accepted Answer

You : You should see your doctor and have an exam to make sure it is just a small tear and not something more concerning such as an infected tear or an std like warts or herpes.  In the meantime, make sure you are well-hydrated and eating plenty of fiber because constipation with hard stool can cause the tear to continue reopening.

Question 9

good of the counter medicine for open wounds to help it heal faster.

Accepted Answer

Vit C and nutrition: The best therapy to improve wound healing is my optimizing your nutrition. This means eating healthy with good protein levels, including supplements with something like ensure if required. Additionally, vitamin supplementation including vitamin c can also help.

Question 10

what is the best over-the-counter treatment medicine that heals open wound faster?

Accepted Answer

Wound healing: Moist wound healing is crucial for the proper environment to heal most wounds.  Therefore, if you don't have a  allergy and your wound is not suboptimal (dirty, contaminated, has foreign bodies, too large to heal, or you have poor wound healing conditions like heart disease, venous insufficiency, or diabetes)- simple things such as Bacitracin would be sufficient.  See your md for more details.

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What could be the cause of continuous peeling of skin underneath fingers? this peeling and healing cycle has been continuing for 3 or more months now. it also causes my skin to crack and have a small cut or open wound which heals for about a few days?

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Open wound won't heal, why is this and what should i do?

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My dr put sodium on an open wound that will not heal. what does that do?

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What do you advise if i had a boil on my penis, the boil is gone now but it left an open wound that won't heal. pls help?

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I have an open wound that doesn't heal. what should i do? i had anal sex with my boyfriend. after several times i noticed i was bleeding and i had a cut in my anus. it has been a month now and the cut (wound) has not heel and it hurts when i have to go t

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Good of the counter medicine for open wounds to help it heal faster.

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What is the best over-the-counter treatment medicine that heals open wound faster?

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