Risk of Impaired Wound Healing

Introduction This report explains the risks of wound healing disorders in patients in the community. Patients may be at risk from aging, malnutrition and underlying medical conditions (Timmons, 2003, White, 2008). However, this report addresses the patient's lack of knowledge of the importance of nutrition, which may be a risk factor (Casey, 1998, Dealey, 2005, Timmons, 2003). In this regard, a management kit in the form of a leaflet for these patients has been developed (see appendix), which can improve patient knowledge.

Age - Age rise (over 60 years old) is a risk factor for wound healing disorders. In elderly people with good overall health condition, it is recognized that cure is delayed by the influence of aging, but there is no serious damage to the quality of cure. Delay in wound healing in elderly patients is associated with changes in the inflammatory response; for example, as chemokine production changes, wound T cell infiltration is delayed and macrophage phagocytosis is reduced

A chronic wound is defined as a wound that can not be healed at an orderly or time. The number of people with injured wound healing has increased in recent decades. Approximately 1% to 2% of the population of the United States and Europe are affected by chronic injuries, from 2% to 4% of the government's total medical budget, from 6,000 euros per patient to 10 000 euros per year on an annual average Promises are necessary. Many studies have focused on finding new treatments for wound healing and skin regeneration.

Wound healing disorders are one of the common and serious complications of diabetes (Coffman et. Et. 1984), which causes loss of physical activity and then leads to chronic wounds and amputation of the calf (Lioupis , 2005). In diabetic patients, the healing mechanism is characterized by a reduction in the tensile strength of the wound and an impairment in matrix production and deposition. In diabetic patients, peripheral neuropathy reduces sensory nerve function and ultimately causes healing impairment (Ferguson et al., 1996).