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Wound types and dressings
Wounds.[1]
| Wound | Image | Dressing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epithelialising | Clean, pinkish, slightly weeping. | Low and non-adherent dressings: knitted viscose, paraffin gauze, silicone-based products, film dressing | |
| Granulating | Red, weeping, uneven, nodules | Alginates | |
| Sloughy | Very wet, yellow sloughy tissue | Hydrogels | |
| Necrotic | Dry and black, sometimes weeping | ||
| Infected | Painful, smelly, yellow-green, wet and delicate | ||
| Exuding | Shiny, wet, white, delicate |
References
- ↑ Byrne, Bernadette (2019). "27. Wounds, dressings and bandages". In Morris-Jones, Rachael (ed.). ABC of Dermatology (7th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 231–244. ISBN 978-1-119-48899-6.