Recent Advances in Wound Healing
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Many new treatments are available for wounds, but treatment of the underlying cause of the wound is also important. For example, diabetic foot ulcers can be treated, but patients also need to control their blood sugar. Most wounds heal quickly, but some chronic wounds require additional treatment. The most common chronic wounds are venous and arterial ulcers, neuropathic ulcers, and pressure ulcers. Treatments include dressings, skin grafts, epidermal grafts, dermal replacements, composite grafts, growth factors, and electrical stimulation. There is not enough evidence to recommend hyperbaric oxygen, infrared, UV, low energy and laser irradiation, or ultrasonography in the treatment of ulcers.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Healing Words: Emotional Expression and Disease Outcome
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Allowing patients to express their feelings and emotions may improve their health. A 1999 study showed that patients with asthma or rheumatoid arthritis did better when they kept a journal in which they wrote about stressful events in their lives. Stress is associated with increased production of the hormone cortisol, which is a natural corticosteroid. As such, it can suppress the immune system. This may be one reason why stress can cause disease. Other studies have shown that participation in support groups can improve a patient's outcome.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives: an advance in wound care
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Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives appear to be as effective in treating skin lacerations as suturing, and can be done in less time with less pain. The FDA has not approved these compounds because a 1985 study found that some caused cancer in rats. However, the study has been criticized and cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives have been extensively tested outside the US. Several thousand patients have been treated and the results are comparable with suturing. The treatment may be cheaper and so simple it might be approved for home use.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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