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Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin
A Practical Guide for Patients with Chronic Wounds
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Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin
A Practical Guide for Patients with Chronic Wounds
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Healing Your Wound: The Top Ten Myths Dispelled
- Preface
- Part One: When You Have A Wound That Won’T Heal
- 1. How Wounds Heal
- 2. Recognizing Your Fears
- 3. Creating Your Health-Care Team: It Takes A Village
- 4. Your Initial Visit With The Wound Team
- Part Two: Pressure Sores
- 5. Why Do Pressure Sores Happen?
- 6. Prevention Is Always Best
- 7. Beds And Cushions: Expensive Is Not Always Best
- Part Three: Foot Wounds: Diabetes And Beyond
- 8. The Foot Wound That Doesn't Hurt
- 9. Shoes And Socks: When What You Wear Can Be The Best Medicine
- Part Four: Blood Circulation: Essential For Healing
- 10. Venous Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Good
- 11. Arterial Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Poor
- 12. Swelling: What Your Achy Feet Are Telling You
- Part Five: Acute Wounds
- 13. Healing After Surgery
- 14. Traumatic Wounds: Burns, Cuts, And More
- Part Six: Nonhealing Wounds
- 15. Infected Wounds
- 16. Unusual Wounds
- 17. Still Not Healing ... What Are We Missing?
- Part Seven: Wound Treatments: Let The Healing Begin
- 18. What Do I Put On This Wound?
- 19. Growth Factors And Engineered Skin: The Future Is Here
- 20. Adjunctive And Alternative Therapies
- 21. Surgery For Chronic Wound Treatment: When Cutting Can Heal
- Part Eight: Wounds In Specific Populations And Conditions
- 22. Nervous System Damage: Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, and Multiple Sclerosis
- 23. Healing Challenges and The Older Person
- 24. Children And Teenagers
- 25. Wounds In Dark Skin
- 26. Wounds And Excess Weight
- 27. Solutions To Stoma Struggles
- 28. Living With An Amputation
- 29. The Wounds Of War
- 30. Wounds And Cancer
- 31. Wounds In The Dying: When Comfort Comes First
- Part Nine: Beyond The Wound
- 32. Eating Well: The Healing Potential Of Food
- 33. Exercise For Wound Healing
- 34. Pain: The Burden Of Suffering
- 35. Skin Problems That Coexist With Wounds
- 36. Emotional Aspects Of Wound Healing: When The Wound Is More Than Skin Deep
- 37. Care For The Caregiver: Beating The Burnout
- 38. Online Medical Resources: How To Separate Clever Advertising From Effective Medicine
- 39. Payment And Reimbursement Issues: Who’S Picking Up The Check
- Glossary Of Terms
- Wound Cleansers And Dressings
- The Wound Patient's Bill Of Rights
- Additional Resources
- References
- Index