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What diseases cause poor healing wounds (other than diabete)?

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Vascular insufficien: Vascular insufficiency causes a reduction of circulation to the skin and may result in non-healing wounds.

Answered 3/26/2013

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Many causes: Venous disease of the legs, severe infection rare (necrotising fasciitis, aids), auto immune (vasculitis, bullous pemphigoid, pyoderma gangrenosum), unrelieved pressure, arterial disease, poor protein intake, dialysis (calciphylaxis), lipodermatosclerosis, skin cancer, injected drug abuse (methamphetamine), and many less comon causes.

Answered 8/17/2012

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Ischemia, vascular d: Anemia, cancer, chemotherapy, corticosteroids, denervation, diabetes, collagen vascular disorders, r a rh arthritus, sle lupus, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, polyarteritis nodosum, infection, ischemia, obesity, poor nutrition, pressure, radiation, vasoconstrictive states, uremia, hypercalcemia.

Answered 10/4/2016

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