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Abnormal wound healing
Abnormal wound healing is a symptom in which a person either doesn't heal a wound, heals a wound very slowly, heals a wound only partially, heals with too big of a scar, etc
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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My son has always healedvery well but recently he has developed slow wound healing. What could cause that?
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