Wounds & modern treatment with the wet healing method
Wound healing has undergone a tumultuous evolution in recent years. While the first modern wound dressings were applied more than 40 years ago, the turn of the millennium has been marked by the development of new technologies that further streamline the wound care process.
Among the new methods of wound healing is the so-called moist healing. However, this method was in fact discovered much earlier, as honey was already popular in the Middle Ages, as it kept wounds moist and also had antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
A wound can be thought of as a disturbance in the integrity of a particular body surface. It can affect the skin as well as other, often deeper tissues. There are a number of injury mechanisms by which a wound can occur. Depending on this, we distinguish between cutting, slashing, puncture, laceration, contusion or even gunshot wounds and bite wounds. In addition to mechanical factors, other factors, such as chemical or radiation factors, may also be involved in the formation of a wound (Wald, 2010). Thus, a wound can be formed in many ways, but its healing always has several basic stages (Stroncek and Reichert, 2008)
