Recently, I have had patients seek me out for wound care.\u00a0 When they ask me if I can help them, I’m sure I get a dumbfounded look on my face – I am, after all, a neuromusculoskeletal doctor – before I answer “sure” and reach DEEP into my memories for how to address wounds.\u00a0 I remembered some things and have had to relearn others.\u00a0 And\u2026, the patient numbers are increasing, and the results are amazing…<\/p>\n
My first case has been a patient for years.\u00a0 He is a super guy and we have the best chats when he comes in for a treatment.\u00a0 One afternoon he asked me if I could look at a wound on his leg that was not healing.\u00a0 He had cut it eight weeks earlier, went to the ER, had stitches, and the stitches had broken open before they were ready to be removed.\u00a0 The doctor told him to let it heal on its own, but seven more weeks and two rounds of antibiotics later, the wound was still open and red enough around its edges that I feared infection was right around the corner. I decided that I would try ozone on the wound and see what happened.\u00a0 After a 20 minute application, the wound was pink around the edges and looked dramatically different.\u00a0 I sent him home with ozonated oil to apply to the wound and asked him to come back in a week.\u00a0 One week later, the wound was pink, filled in with granulation tissue (part of the healing) and looked great.\u00a0 One week after that it was all healed up and looked fabulous.\u00a0 I was amazed.<\/p>\n
My second case was a young boy who had a puncture wound on his leg.\u00a0 It had happened a few days prior to his visit and his mom asked me if I could do anything to help. Luckily, my patient described above had come in just the week before\u2026. I tried ozone with a new delivery system and oil on this boys wound as well.\u00a0 His wound healed in a week.\u00a0 I began to gain a bit of confidence.\u00a0 Perhaps the first patient was not a random miracle.<\/p>\n
My third case involved a woman with a plethora of medical conditions.\u00a0 Heart disease, kidney problems, high blood pressure, pain in her legs\u2026she had a good deal of stuff to work on.\u00a0 Her most pressing concern, because it woke her up at night, was a wound on her leg that had been present for two months and was not healing.\u00a0 Ozone and ozonated oil to the rescue again.\u00a0 Her wound is on the mend and now we can tackle her other medical issues.<\/p>\n
Three wound cases, three successes.\u00a0 Although, I don’t feel super skilled at treating wounds, I am looking forward to brushing up more on my wound care skills and helping out more patients.\u00a0 It is nice to see their faces when their skin mends and they can return to their normal lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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