Your 45-year-old patient was readmitted after very long abdominal surgery two weeks prior. She went home and stated she followed the discharge instructions. Yet, upon your initial assessment you find redness at the wound site and around the site, little bleeding but a discharge with a foul odor, and the patient has a temperature of 100 degrees.
What stage of healing is this patient in?
Ans: hemostasis of the skin .skin become 3 rd of stage wound
Explain your answer showing the stages of wound healing and what stage your patient is in.Defend your response using specific facts,data and other information drawn from the text book?
Ans: There are 4 stage of wound healing.
Hemostasis
Inflammatory phase
Proliferative phase
Maturation phase
Hemostasis. : first phase of healing ,begins at the onset of injury and the objective is to stop the bleeding.in this phase the body activate emergency repair system
Inflammatory phase :during inflammatory phase damaged cells ,pathogens and bacteria are removed from the wound area.
Proliferative phase :when the wound rebuilt with new tissue made up of collagen and extracellular matrix.wound contract as new tissue are built.
Maturation phase: collagen is remoldeled from type lll to type l and the wound fully closes.
Mostly peoples having same problems so we have to protect the area healthy.give nutrition food .Mostly patient having fever mean they getting any bacterial cause .Gram- negative and anaerobic bacteria can create foul odor due to tissue break down.
What are the supplemental source?
Calcium.calcium represent about 99% of the body's total mineral content.
Copper : eg, liver organ meat, oyster
Iron : green leafy,mushroom
Selenium : pork,turkey,chicken ,fish
Zinc : seeds,nuts,egg
Vitamin A : cod liver oil,egg,milk
Vitamin B complex: milk,cheese,liver
Vitamin c : broc
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