Can a deep foot wound in elderly patients heal completely?

Dear Aditya Kumar ji,

Ji haan, aapki aunty ke pair ke neeche bahut gehra ghaav hai, toh sahi samay par ilaaj karne se woh theek ho sakta hai. Lekin ghaav kitna gehra hai aur kis wajah se hua hai, is par theek hone ka samay depend karta hai. Gehrey ghaav mein infection ka khatra hota hai, isliye aunty ko aaj hi doctor ya surgeon ko dikhayein. Agar unhe diabetes hai, toh bilkul deri na karein.

Ghaav ke liye abhi kya karein?

• Ghaav ko saaf paani ya normal saline se dheere se saaf karein. Ghaav ko ragdein nahi.
• Ghaav ko saaf, sterile dressing se dhak kar rakhein. Dressing geeli ya gandi ho jaaye, toh badal dein.
• Ghaav par Dettol, spirit, hydrogen peroxide, haldi, toothpaste, raakh ya koi gharelu lep na lagayein. Doctor ki salah ke bina cream ya antibiotic bhi na lagayein.
• Pair par dabav kam rakhein. Zyada chalne se bachein aur ghaav wali jagah ko takiye se sahara de sakte hain.
• Agar diabetes hai, toh blood sugar check karwayein aur doctor ko zaroor batayein.
• Ghaav ko sui ya kisi tez cheez se saaf karne, mari hui skin kaatne ya andar jama cheez nikaalne ki koshish na karein.

Kin lakshanon mein turant hospital jaana chahiye?

• Ghaav se peep nikalna, badbu aana ya laalpan aur sujan badhna.
• Tez dard, bukhar ya ghaav ke aas-paas skin ka kaala padna.
• Pair thanda, neela ya sunn hona.
• Ghaav bahut gehra hona, andar ka maans dikhna ya khoon band na hona.

Agar khoon nahi ruk raha, pair kaala ya thanda pad raha hai, ya aunty ko bukhar ke saath tabiyat kharab ho rahi hai, toh emergency mein le jaayein.

Ghaav jaldi theek hone ke liye kya dhyan rakhein?

• Aunty ko protein wala khana dein, jaise daal, dahi, doodh, anda ya paneer, agar unke liye medically allowed ho.
• Ghaav ko saaf aur covered rakhein. Nange pair chalne se bachayein.
• Doctor se poochhein ki tetanus ka injection lagwane ki zaroorat hai ya nahi.
• Gehre ghaav mein kabhi-kabhi special dressing, infection ka ilaaj ya doosri medical procedure ki zaroorat pad sakti hai.

Wishing you and your family good health always.
Warm regards,
Team HexaHealth