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Wound Healing

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Wound healing principles:

wound weakest at day 5,6,7
oral and topical vitamin A reverses the adverse affects of steroids on wound healing
macrophages dont work at blood suger >180 (no wound healing)
proper wound culture:  clean it, then bury the Q-tip (must be > 105 colonies)