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Take a Stubborn Wound That Just Won't Heal? Here Are four Possible Reasons Why

Hint: You may exist making unproblematic mistakes that are preventing your body from healing.

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hether information technology'due south a simple paper cut or road rash from a wheel spill, when you go a minor cutting, your torso immediately goes into action.

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Ring-Assistance® Brand HYDRO SEAL™ adhesive bandages are specially designed to help seal wounds

To first terminate the haemorrhage, blood cells start to cluster together to promote clotting. Inflammation then sparks the arrival of different kinds of cells to aid get rid of bacteria and go on the wound clean. Finally, the body starts building new skin cells to protect the wound and ultimately repair the skin.

When everything goes well, most bones cuts and scrapes typically accept about one to 2 weeks to heal, and those that are particularly big could need more fourth dimension.

Merely what if your cutting isn't mending quickly? If y'all're generally good for you, and a wound is sticking around a lilliputian longer than usual, something else in your daily routine could be throwing off healing.

Nosotros spoke to wound care experts on what y'all could be doing that'south hampering healing.

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You didn't make clean your cutting properly …

If your wound is super small or yous're in a rush, it can be tempting to skip disinfecting it.

Big fault.

Yous never know what kind of bacteria could be lurking on the surface of whatever you've just scraped upwardly against, then skipping this important pace could mean letting germs hang out and multiply, possibly upping your risk for infection and dragging out the healing process.

It really but takes a few seconds to clean any cut with some lather and clean water. "This combo volition remove dirt and bacteria that could cause an infection and potentially prolong healing," says Manuela Martins-Green, a professor of cell biology at the University of California.

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You let the wound get exposed to clay and germs again ...

When you initially go a cut, white blood cells swoop in on the scene to combat germs and then healing won't be delayed. For a modest, minor wound, this assail usually wipes out nearly of the bacteria, only sometimes everyday activities tin can reintroduce more.

Even washing the dishes or playing a quick game of football game can bring bad leaner back into the wound. Sometimes you can run into the signs of a resulting infection—swelling, tenderness, redness, oozing pus—merely other times the infection might be smaller, and won't have the telltale symptoms.

The all-time fashion to help protect a cut or scrape from exposure to infection is to make sure the wound is properly covered, and so you can go on bacteria from entering the wound.

Traditional bandages cover the wound, just they don't seal the injury completely, meaning water and bacteria can yet find their way in. Hydro Seal adheres completely across the injury to seal the wound and foreclose things from going in and nether.

— Melinda Cettina, Director, Global Wound Care Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

The new Rough-and-tumble® Brand HYDRO SEAL™ adhesive cast has a unique blueprint that shields and cushions wounds to specifically help keep out clay and germs and prevent reinjury.

"Traditional bandages cover the wound, but they don't seal the injury completely, meaning water and bacteria tin all the same notice their way in," says Melinda Cettina, Melinda Cettina, Director, Global Wound Care Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. Managing director, Global Wound Care Enquiry & Development, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. "Hydro Seal adheres completely across the injury to seal the wound and prevent things from going in and under."

The bandages are also designed to stay on for several days—even through paw-washing and bathing.

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You let the wound dry out out …

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The white bubble on the Hydro Seal adhesive cast shows that healing has begun

You may have heard that "airing out" a wound is skilful for it—but that'south non actually true. If the wound dries out, and a scab is allowed to form, it can delay healing.

I of the benefits of Hydro Seal is that it prevents scabbing by sealing the wound, explains Cettina.

"A white bubble forms as Hydro Seal absorbs wet, showing it's working and maintaining the optimal surroundings for your healing wound," she says. "Afterwards several days, the Hydro Seal bandage volition begin to autumn off on its own, and by that point, the wound should exist well on its style to existence healed."

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Your medication may be slowing downwardly healing ...

Certain drugs can filibuster healing, such as over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication that might be used for headaches or a fever. Oral corticosteroids used to treat conditions like asthma could also affect wound healing.

"They basically stop the inflammatory cells from working, so when you go a scrape, at that place are fewer cells to make clean and repair the wound," explains Martins-Light-green.

If you call back any of your wounds are healing too slowly, or could be infected, come across your doctor for treatment, too as to dominion out whatever more than serious wellness issues that may demand to be checked. And yous should always speak with your doc before altering your medication regimen.

You can easily access showtime help tips and other information via the Johnson & Johnson Wound Care Resource™ app.