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The Hospital Jul 1907
PubMed: 29811658
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New York State Journal of Medicine May 1985
Topics: Antisepsis; Bandages; England; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; Humans; Therapeutics; United States
PubMed: 3892381
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Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic... 2022Chronic and acute skin wounds are an important health concern because they are very frequent during human life and affect millions of people worldwide. Shortening the...
BACKGROUND
Chronic and acute skin wounds are an important health concern because they are very frequent during human life and affect millions of people worldwide. Shortening the wound healing process reduces treatment costs and hospitalization. Therefore, researchers have been looking for new treatment approaches to shorten the wound healing process.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to evaluate the wound healing properties of poultice containing 0.5% fulvic acid.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In this experimental study, a full-thickness skin wound was created on the dorsal side of 24 male rats. The animals were then randomly assigned to control, sham, and experiment groups. The skin defects were daily bandaged by using sterile gauze dipped in normal saline, carboxymethylcellulose, and 0.5% fulvic acid for 21 days, respectively. The wound healing rate was evaluated grossly and histologically at various time intervals post injury. Both descriptive and statistical analysis methods were applied ( < 0.05).
RESULTS
The wound healing percentage was significantly higher in the poultice treatment group at all time intervals ( < 0.001). The wound was completely closed in this group compared with other groups at the end of week 4 post treatment. The mean numbers of inflammatory cells were statistically lower, and fibroblasts and vessels were higher in the poultice group than in the other groups at various time intervals post injury ( < 0.001).
CONCLUSION
Fulvic acid (0.5%) could be used as an effective therapeutic approach to improve the wound healing process because of its unique anti-inflammatory and neovascularization properties at the skin wound site.
PubMed: 35655645
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Clinical Rheumatology Jul 2019This randomized controlled intervention study investigated the effect of flaxseed poultice compress application on pain and hand functions in patients with primary... (Randomized Controlled Trial)
Randomized Controlled Trial
INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES
This randomized controlled intervention study investigated the effect of flaxseed poultice compress application on pain and hand functions in patients with primary interphalangeal hand osteoarthritis (OA).
METHOD
The study sample consisted of 82 patients who met the inclusion criteria in the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic at a University Hospital between January 15, 2017, and May 15, 2018. Patients included in the sample groups were selected randomly. Three sample groups were formed: intervention group I (flaxseed poultice compress) (n = 33), intervention group II (hot compress) (n = 29), and control group (n = 20). The interventions were applied once a day for 7 days in a row. These patients also continued their routine pharmacological treatment. descriptive characteristics identification form, visual analog scale (VAS), Australian-Canadian (AUSCAN) Osteoarthritis (OA) Hand Index, and side effect evaluation form were used as data collection tools.
RESULTS
The means of VAS scores of patients in the intervention group I were 6.03 ± 0.25 on day 0, 2.2 ± 0.30 on day 8, and 3.39 ± 0.32 on day 15. The means of AUSCAN total scores of patients in the intervention group I were 40.84 ± 1.76 on day 0, 14.03 ± 1.66 on day 8, and 15.78 ± 1.66 on day 15. The present study showed that pain significantly decreased and the hand function efficiency increased in patients treated with flaxseed poultice compress compared with the hot compress and control groups.
CONCLUSIONS
In addition to pharmacological treatment, flaxseed poultice compress intervention is recommended to be used as a nursing intervention for reducing pain and increasing hand functions for patients with hand OA in cooperation with the physicians and other health professionals.
Topics: Administration, Cutaneous; Administration, Topical; Aged; Female; Flax; Gels; Hand; Hand Joints; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Pain Measurement; Phytotherapy; Plant Preparations; Recovery of Function; Severity of Illness Index; Single-Blind Method; Turkey; Visual Analog Scale
PubMed: 30806856
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-019-04484-7