What effect does seawater have on wounds?

The salt content of seawater is relatively high, which has a great impact on wounds. If you have wounds on your skin, you cannot go swimming in the sea. This will aggravate the infection and cause skin ulcers. Therefore, you should have some understanding in this regard to avoid adverse effects on your health. If you have wounds in your daily life, you must emphasize nutrition, promote wound healing, and prevent infection.

How to make wounds heal faster

For wounds with a lot of exudate, you can apply saline gauze; for wounds with a lot of pus or exudate and necrotic tissue, it is advisable to use 0.5-1% neomycin solution for wet compresses, or Qingda injection will also work, then cover with cotton pads and bandage with adhesive tape or bandages. If the wound is clean and dry, just apply dry gauze to fix it.

If the patient's wound is minor, has abundant blood supply and a low chance of infection, the wound can be simply moistened with normal saline and bandaged with sterile dressing materials.

For wounds with skin defects, the defect area should be repeatedly rinsed with saline and the surrounding area can be routinely disinfected with iodine. After disinfection, cover it with saline gauze or vaseline gauze. Saline gauze is beneficial for keeping the wound fresh and dry, while vaseline gauze is beneficial for the growth of granulation tissue on the wound.

The principle of treating infected or contaminated wounds is to drain pus, remove the sutures when necessary, enlarge the wound, drain thoroughly, rinse the wound repeatedly with hydrogen peroxide and saline, and thoroughly clean the wound if there is necrotic tissue. Then pack the wound with antibiotic gauze. It is best to disinfect the area around the wound with two coats of iodine and three coats of alcohol. When there is secretion, change the dressing once a day. For wounds that cannot heal for a long time or heal slowly, use Yu's wound-healing prescription for dressing change treatment to remove toxins and promote tissue regeneration to promote wound healing as soon as possible.

Note: Intermittent dressing changes are better than daily dressing changes. Because this method allows the body to have a physiological cleansing effect during the rest process, the wound has a chance to repair; on the contrary, continuous stimulation of the wound will make it difficult to heal. And the less the tissue is stimulated, the less likely it is to fester, and the less festering a wound is, the easier it is to heal.

When changing the wound dressing, you can take some vitamin drugs. Vitamin C can promote blood coagulation and increase anti-infection ability; vitamin B2 can promote wound healing; vitamin B12 has a certain analgesic effect.

In addition, some foods can also make wounds heal quickly. For example, eating foods rich in zinc, foods rich in glucose, foods rich in protein, and foods containing vitamins A and C can also accelerate wound healing.