We have bacteria on our skin. As Donna Sardina RN states, “Every Square Inch of our body has 32 Million Bacteria on it”. Some of the bacteria on our skin and some of it is bad and when a wound is developed, that bacteria enters the wound and eventually competes for the oxygen and nutrients…
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Temperature Effects on Wound Healing
As you may know, the loss of moisture from any surface by evaporation is accompanied by cooling of the surface. Therefore as wound tissues lose moisture a cooling effect occurs in the wound. Cells and enzymes function optimally at normal body temperature. A temperature drop of just 2 degrees C is sufficient enough to affect…
