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Open sores, will not heal?
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See a doctor: It could be a number of different things causing this, from chronic infection, to poor blood flow, to autoimmune disease. You will need to be evaluated by a doctor to help narrow this differential.
Answered 9/11/2018
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Considerations: 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.
Answered 7/6/2018
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