Healing Wounds

Poulose, Shibu M, et al. “Role of Walnuts in Maintaining Brain Health with Age.” The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 144, pp. 561S-566S, Apr. 2014. While this

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Although age and genetics are the two biggest determining factors of causing Alzheimer’s disease, there are other small factors that can be controlled in order to help lower the risk or the age at which symptoms start to become prominent. Several scientists are digging into prevention strategies such as diet, exercise, and “brain games” can help delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline. They are also investigating how certain medical conditions, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes, influence risk for cognitive impairment (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). After studying those risk factors, results have demonstrated that certain health and lifestyle factors does not slow down

Identification of the Care that Mr Jones will require in relation to the safe management and promotion of wound healing

The purpose of this study is to find out the success rate of bio-cellulose products on the healing process of chronic unhealing wounds and cost effectiveness of the product. The evaluation enlisted twenty patients with non-healing wounds. During the trial time of 2-4 weeks, those patients were treated with a biotechnology dressing mesh and gel combination, known as o Nanogen Aktiv and Aktigel. Nanogen Aktiv membrane dressing is a bio-cellulose membrane, plant-based collagen, manufactured from plant extract with a mimicking affect. It is loaded with vitamins, nutrients and enzymes. During the observation phase, researchers evaluated and reported the progress of healing. Eighteen out of the 20 patients saw their wounds heal. No recurrence have been reported

The skin, the most important organ in the human body has many vital functions including: sensation, thermoregulation, protection and synthesis of vitamin D. Routinely and consistent assessment and monitoring of the patients skin condition is one of the most important duty we have as nurses. This is very important because any change in the condition of the skin may often be an indication of underlying disease Injury of either the epidermis or the dermis can result in systemic infection, increased morbidity, increased cost of care, and negative psychosocial consequences (Schindler, Kuhn, Christopher, Conway, Ridling & Simpson; 2011).

This study and Stanford School of medicine published by the department of Otolaryngology held a single-blinded randomized controlled trial to try and determine the effects of honey on post-surgical scars of thyroidectomies that were 8cm long. The study states the surgeon was not aware of the this study. The treatment sites of the scars used Leptospermum honey which is commonly known as Manuka Honey as a topical treatment. Of the 21 participants who participated throughout the study were characterized by skin types which accounted various factors for objective analysis of the healing process. The study found that epithelial cell repair was improved in lesions where manuka honey was used, no significant findings were found with using honey topically in regards to scar reduction specifically. This study states that more research needs to be done for the findings to be conclusive and in line with other studies.

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While reading chapter one of the book “Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice” (2014), I developed interest on the physical symptoms suggestive of malnutrition. According to Susan G. Dudek a nursing diagnosis has to be based on a patient first nutritional assessment (p.9-11). Dudek stated in her book the four steps of a nutritional care process in which assessment is the primary stage of this concept. However, since the word assessment incorporates the patients physical findings, poor or delayed wound sores can be determine by the inadequate malnutrition of a human being (2014).

A wound is an injury to tissue caused by a cut which implies that the skin is broken, opened or punctured that happens relatively quickly and can be painful. The healing process is quite simple if the wound is minor: first you have to press hard so that the wound stops bleeding, lastly you have to clean the wound and remains of blood by using temperature water so that it doesn’t change the temperature of the wound.If the blood is in big amount, you can elevate the area so that all the blood moves. If the wound is severe, sometimes antibiotics don't work which can lead to surgery, it depends on the type of wound. The purpose of the skin is to protect, regulate and help us feel. It protects our inside organs, it regulates our body temperature

For generations, coconut oil has held a number of medicinal claims. Of its more recent claims, studies show that it can actually fight Alzheimer’s disease (Schardt). According to Schardt, “coconut oil is unusual because it contains a high percentage of medium-chain triglycerides or MTCs”. This chemical is what essentially helps to increase the brain function of demented individuals. Considering this, Newport, a Florida pediatrician in 2011, wrote Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? how she was attempting desperately to register her husband Steve into a clinical facility,

Typically, acute wounds heal without disruption in 21 days or less and re-establish skin structural and functional integrity (Hamm, 2015). However, chronic wounds occur as a consequence of disruptive healing process and it takes months or years to heal. The occurrence of chronic wounds is two to three times higher than any other types of wounds, including surgical, burns, and acute (Hamm, 2015). According to wound healing society, chronic wounds affect approximately 6.5 million people in the United States and a failure of healing of chronic wounds is the biggest health issue globally (Wound healing society, 2016). Five major categories of chronic wounds based on etiology are arterial, venous, pressure, diabetic, and non-healing surgical wounds. The chronicity of wounds can be determined based on one of the five common factors: malnutrition, decreased oxygenation, diminished perfusion, increased mechanical forces, or systemic disease (Hamm, R.,

A wound is an injury or the damage of living tissue, and the skin is usually cut or broken, depending on the type of wound. Wounds may be caused from an accidental or intentional incident, an underlying medical condition, surgery, or an infectious disease. Depending on the severity of the wound(s), it will need to be tended to. If the wound is severe enough to require the medical care of professionals, a diagnosis will be made by examining it visually. If fat, muscle, or bone is exposed, or the wound is deeper than one half of an inch, means that the wound is severe enough to require medical attention. After a diagnosis is made, the medical personnel will find out the extent of the wound’s damage and the effects it may have had on the wellness

They concluded that the new fat cells formed during wound healing came from the cells found in the skin. To confirm this conclusion they treat a modified mouse with a drug that disable some function in cells found in the skin. They observed that these disabled cells didn’t form fat cells around the hair cells at the site of wound. Eventually, they concluded that the cells in skin convert to fat cells near the hair cells at the wound site. The scientists then took a step further and started observing some genes and proteins that are involved in the conversion of these cells found in the skin into fat cells. They found that there two groups of proteins produced in a high quantity so they suggested that these protein are important for the process of conversion of cells in skin into fat cells. To test the importance of these two groups of proteins in this process. The author used a knockout technique, which is same as taking a battery off a wall clock and see it will work or not. They used a modified mouse that that don’t produce one of these important proteins. They found that fat cells did not

Wound healing is a very important aspect of the postoperative process. Depending on many different factors pertaining to a postoperative wound; different steps can be taken to decrease a patient’s chance to develop an infection. The one goal a surgical team wants to achieve is to leave a less noticeable scar and no infection in a wound. There are different challenges and situations a Surgical Technologist and the surgical will have to work around. The wound healing process all depends on the type of wound and classification, complications that may arise, postoperative infections, and the role of the Surgical Technologist within the wound healing process.