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What Does The Dark Purple Wound Bed Underneath The While
Question: What does the dark purple wound bed underneath the while yellowish slough mean? Does it mean it's ready deep or bruised? It's on my inner buttock
Brief Answer:
separation of slough is hte commonest reason
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted your history and seen the photo.
To answer your specific question:
The dark purple wound underneath slough in a wound on inner buttock indicates one of the following:
Detachment of slough creates such appearance.
Possibility of certain bacteria also can show such findings.
Forceful cleaning of wound.
Such appearance is produced as there is granulation tissue under the slough as a natural healing process. This granulation tissue is basically a conglomerate of neo-capillaries to produce earlier healing.
I hope, this answers your query.
Dr T Chandrakant.
General Surgeon.
separation of slough is hte commonest reason
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted your history and seen the photo.
To answer your specific question:
The dark purple wound underneath slough in a wound on inner buttock indicates one of the following:
Detachment of slough creates such appearance.
Possibility of certain bacteria also can show such findings.
Forceful cleaning of wound.
Such appearance is produced as there is granulation tissue under the slough as a natural healing process. This granulation tissue is basically a conglomerate of neo-capillaries to produce earlier healing.
I hope, this answers your query.
Dr T Chandrakant.
General Surgeon.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Okay, because I had a nurse tell if means it's bruised and deep tissue meaning it's likely very deep.
Brief Answer:
As detailed
Detailed Answer:
As explained above.
Also needed is to remove the whole slough.
Ask the Nurse to use Hydrogen Peroxide to clean the slough.
Let it bleed, it is a good indication.
Long time for non-healing.
Use dough-pillow to sit on.
Take Multivitamins and mineral with trace elements.
Take care.
Best wishes.
As detailed
Detailed Answer:
As explained above.
Also needed is to remove the whole slough.
Ask the Nurse to use Hydrogen Peroxide to clean the slough.
Let it bleed, it is a good indication.
Long time for non-healing.
Use dough-pillow to sit on.
Take Multivitamins and mineral with trace elements.
Take care.
Best wishes.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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