Process of wound healing in human beings

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Subject Area:Nursing

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Nearly at some point in life, everyone experiences this kind of injury. An open wound can, therefore, be classified into four broad categories namely abrasion, laceration, puncture and avulsion. Each type of wound will be healed using the same components in the body with the significant aspect being the platelets that tend to stop bleeding after the onset of an injury. The entire process of wound healing is said to be a natural restorative response towards tissue injuries. The dynamic process involved in the process of wound healing is a massive instance of how the different systems of the body works (John, 2015). The cells become many at their peak population between 24 – 48 hours on the onset of injury and reducing after around three days.

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After their reduction, macrophages come and continue the debris removal process while also secreting proteins and growth factors that attract the immune system to facilitate repair of the tissues. The process lasts for around six days and is associated with heat and pain, erythema and edema. Proliferative phase: the step aims at filling and covering the wound once it has been cleared in the previous phases. This process also comprises of three distinct stages namely: wound filling, wound margin contraction and epithelization (wound covering). The initial step involves multiplication and migration of the stratum basale cells to cover the wound and terminates the migration once it reaches the other. Once the movement is done and that the stratum cells have reached the other, supplementary cell division inhabit all of the epidermal layers.

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A deep wound is an injury that occur from the surface to the deep mostly affecting other internal organs like puncture and avulsion. The healing process undergoes through the four stages of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferative and maturation. The two type of healing process are both aided by the same repairing cells of the body including platelets and macrophages (John, 2015). The process of healing is complex and remarkable and also susceptible to the interruption caused by systemic and local factors incorporating maceration, moisture, nutritional status of the body, age and blood type (John, 2015). Establishing the correct healing environment makes the body to work wondrously in healing and to replace devitalized tissues. Works Cited Ingrid Moll, Pia Houdek, Hannelore Schmidt, Roland Moll.

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