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Wound care: Wound has healed, but skin around breaking down
Skin Health | Last Active: Feb 10, 2022 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
Hi, Charlena, if this were my husband I’d be encouraging him to seek medical attention for this wound as quickly as possible and stop using the Silvercell Alginate dressing. A wound that ‘heals’ but then has tissue breaking down around, especially with those symptoms, has not healed.
He could have a secondary bacterial infection going on or an allergy to the dressing, Better to be safe than sorry.
Did your husband see a doctor after the original wound?
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Yes, he is being treated at the Emory wound center. All of his doctors are with Emory and he has outstanding success with them (they have saved his life several times). But, the wound center is a HUGE disapointment. He initially used coloplast (I think this is correct, I'm not at home and can't look to see) and was changed to a purple dressing and now to the silver algniate. He may, indeed, be allergic to the silver alginate! He tried medihoney but that really burned. (The wound had been treated early on w/the medihoney while he was in the hospital.) Thank you for your response!