Skin Injury
Not all skin injuries are cuts and scrapes. Heat, friction and pressure can cause skin injuries like burns, sunburn and blisters. A burn is a traumatic skin injury caused by a heat source like scalding liquid or a hot pot, a radiation source like the suns rays, an electrical source like open wiring or a chemical source like acid. Depending on the severity of the burn, treatment can include wound care and pain management, skin grafting, intravenous fluids or cosmetic surgery. Some burns can form blisters, which actually act as a protective, fluid-filled buffer for damaged skin. Blisters also form from skin conditions like eczema and friction sources like ill-fitting shoes. Keeping the area clean with antibiotics and a dressing or bandage is usually enough to heal a blister.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyThere are topical prescriptions, like creams with silicone, which may reduce the thickness of scars. Cortisone injections might also help. When a scar is indented, a doctor can use soft tissue fillers, like collagen, to fill out the area, but these... Full Answer
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- Q How can I prevent scarring?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyThe best methods for preventing scars vary, depending on the types of scars you want to avoid. For example, to prevent scars caused by acne cysts and nodules, your dermatologist may prescribe medications to treat the acne. To prevent keloid scars... Full Answer
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- Q What scar treatments are available?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, CardiologyThere are topical prescriptions, like creams with silicone, which may reduce the thickness of scars. Cortisone injections might also help. When a scar is indented, a doctor can use soft tissue fillers, like collagen, to fill out the area, but these... Full Answer
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- Q How can I help a wound heal?
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Dr. Bill Salt, GastroenterologyWhen you cut your skin, pain draws your awareness to the cut. In that awareness, you clean the wound and apply an antibacterial salve to fight off infection. Then you place a bandage on the cut to help bring the edges of the wound together and keep it... Full Answer
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- Q How can I make my sore heal faster?
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Burke Lennihan RN CCH, Integrative MedicineCalendula is the best natural remedy for any time the skin is broken, whether from a cut (like from broken glass or a sharp knife), a laceration (like a skinned knee, when all the skin is scraped off), a surgical incision, or an episiotomy. Calendula is... Full Answer
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- Q What is a natural treatment for a cut or scrape?
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Burke Lennihan RN CCH, Integrative MedicineCalendula is the best natural remedy for any time the skin is broken, whether from a cut (like from broken glass or a sharp knife), a laceration (like a skinned knee, when all the skin is scraped off), a surgical incision or episiotomy. Calendula... Full Answer
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- Q Is there a natural way to prevent scarring after surgery?
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Burke Lennihan RN CCH, Integrative MedicineCalendula is a natural remedy that can be used to minimize scarring while a cut or surgical incision is healing. You can get Calendula in a 30c potency (strength) in health food stores or online and dissolve a couple of pellets in your mouth as a... Full Answer
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- Q Is there a natural way to diminish scars?
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Burke Lennihan RN CCH, Integrative MedicineThe best thing is Castro's Scar Cream. The homeopath who designed the formula tells me that her local plastic surgeon orders it by the case because it is so effective at preventing or reversing scars like the ones formed by plastic surgery. It... Full Answer
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- Q What are pressure sores?
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A pressure sore (bed sore) is an injury to the skin and/or the tissues under the skin, caused primarily by constant pressure. People confined to a bed or chair and unable to move are at greatest risk for developing pressure sores, which form most often... Full Answer
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- Q What are adhesions?
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Adhesions are scar tissue that forms between two structures or organs inside the body that are not normally connected. This tissue may bond to nearby surfaces because of inflammation, surgery or trauma. For example, scar tissue can develop on the... Full Answer
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