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Health and wellness: how much do gunshot wounds increase someone's inflammation levels?

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Dr. Tracy Berg answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Depends on damage: Wounds lead to an inflammatory response on the path to healing. Gunshot wounds range from very small to large and life-threatening. So a small gunshot wound may not increase inflammation level much and likewise a large gunshot wound can lead to organ failure, high levels of inflammation and even death.

Answered 10/18/2016

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Dr. Scott Bolhack answered

Specializes in Wound care

Gunshot: Gunshot wounds can increase the inflammatory levels, just as would any injury to the body. Unable to ascertain how high those levels would go; and its possible that the inflammatory markets would not show much elevation when tested. It is injury and patient specific.

Answered 10/26/2012

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Dr. Erik Borncamp answered

Specializes in Wound care

What do you mean : What do you mean by inflammation levels ? Can you be more specific ?

Answered 5/30/2017

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