Good Nutrition Is Essential to Wound Healing
Written by Carolyn Shinn, Vice President, Clinical and Quality Process Excellence at Healogics.
Patient Care Resources
Wound Care
When Should You See a Wound Care Specialist
If you have a wound that won’t heal, it can be a frustrating and worrying experience. While our bodies are designed to heal, sometimes underlying health conditions, age, or the nature of the injury can interfere with this natural process. A wound care specialist is a medical doctor with advanced training in treating wounds that have not…
Arterial vs. Venous Ulcers: What Are the Differences?
There are two types of chronic wounds often associated with cardiovascular conditions: arterial ulcers, also called ischemic ulcers, and venous ulcers, also called stasis ulcers. For people living with heart disease, both arterial and venous ulcers can form when a bruise or scrape worsens or when the skin breaks down due to poor blood supply….
How to Prevent Wound Recurrence: A Comprehensive Guide
Evidence-Based Strategies to Keep Your Wounds Healed If you’ve recently healed from a chronic wound, congratulations on reaching this important milestone. However, it’s crucial to understand that wound healing is often just the beginning of your long-term care journey. Research shows that nearly 40% of patients with healed lower extremity wounds will experience a recurrence…
WCA: The Chronic Wound Epidemic and The Benefits of Advanced Wound Care
Written by Carolyn Shinn, Vice President, Clinical and Quality Process Excellence at Healogics. Too frequently, we hear about people who have, for one reason or another, delayed medical treatment, and often they put it off for far too long. The reasons why range from financial concerns to time constraints to the hope that “this will just…
A Message From Dr. Ennis During Wound Care Awareness Week
Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis. I could not think of better timing for us to be celebrating Wound Care Awareness Week than right now! We have all endured the unthinkable, a pandemic that has taken over 100,000 American lives and 360,000 worldwide. The US numbers are greater than the number of…
Healogics Celebrates our Seventh Annual Wound Care Awareness Week
Healogics Wound Care Centers® across the United States are helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during the seventh annual Wound Care Awareness Week, being held from June 1 to June 5.
Infection Prevention and Management
Your skin protects the inside of your body from germs that cannot be seen. Germs can cause infection if you have a break in the skin. You can also get an infection in your bone. This is called osteomyelitis.
What is Off-Loading?
Off-loading means not bearing weight. If your doctor recommends off-loading, you should not walk or bear weight on the extremity that has a wound or where a wound could develop. This includes your bottom or hips if you are bed or chair-bound.
PAD-Related Ulcers: Causes, Symptoms, and Effective Treatment at Healogics
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a serious condition that affects millions of people, often leading to significant health issues, including difficult-to-heal wounds. This condition involves the narrowing or blockage of blood vessels in your legs, which reduces blood flow to your feet and lower legs. This decreased blood flow can severely impact the health of…