More And More Patients Are Using Pulse Lavage

By Rosella Campbell


Having a wound that has been created by undergoing an operation can be very sore. Not only will it be sore but also it needs a lot of care to prevent infection that will in turn slow down the healing process. The latest technology is the pulse lavage.

This kind of irrigation is basically just a type of mechanical hydrotherapy that is used under a lot of pressure. They will usually use some normal saline water to debride wounds to try to get rid of the dangerous tissue that is also known as necrotic tissue. They also use the normal saline to irrigate the wound.

One of the first things you can do is pre medicate the wound bed. You can do this by applying some kind of topical analgesic solution or even a local anesthetic cream on the wound about thirty minutes before you actually start the procedure. If the wound is too big, or you do not feel comfortable, putting something on the wound then there is another option.

This kind of treatment cannot be done by just any one. It must be a clinically trained and qualified person that needs to do this. It should also be done in a very clean and sterile area to prevent any further infection. The best is to have it done in a doctor's surgery and or even hospital.

The saline will clean the wound and remove of the damaged tissue, but it will not be able to promote the healing of the wound, as the saline is cold. In fact, the cold saline might even go as far as slowing down the complete healing process.

Here is what you do to change this and make the concern vanish. You cannot really heat the saline up to a much higher temperature, as the salt in the saline water will then start forming crystals that can in turn also damage the wound bed. The best way you can do this is heating the saline up to normal room temperature.

While you are, busy with the irrigation of the wound and you notice some kind of an infection you should let the doctor know that was originally treating the wound. The reason for this is so that they can prescribe an antibiotic. You need to tell the doctor that you are busy with this kind of treatment.

It is very important to look after the wound as well as you can. Try and prevent infection as far as you can and if you do see that there is a problem then notify the doctor as soon as possible. Having this kind of therapy is really worth it.




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