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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:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question. Hope I can be of help for you today. The wound looks red and pus it needs to be treated with antibiotics and cleaned well. And purple underneath could be blood clot deep inside with pus yellow discharge, this kind of ulcer needs to be wound care from the hospital. Do you have any immunosuppressive disease? Any fever? How do you get this ulcer?
I hope that It can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. I hope you have good health.
Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question. Hope I can be of help for you today. The wound looks red and pus it needs to be treated with antibiotics and cleaned well. And purple underneath could be blood clot deep inside with pus yellow discharge, this kind of ulcer needs to be wound care from the hospital. Do you have any immunosuppressive disease? Any fever? How do you get this ulcer?
I hope that It can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. I hope you have good health.
Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician
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