The 3 Stages Of Wound Healing - Podiatry HQ Clinics (2024)

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The 3 Stages Of Wound Healing - Podiatry HQ Clinics? ›

In order for your body to heal adequately it must undergo three phases of wound healing. Each of these three phases known as the inflammatory, proliferation and maturation phases are all required to ensure that your body heals and returns back to its normal function.

The human adult wound healing process can be divided into 3 or 4 distinct phases. Earlier authors referred to 3 phases—inflammatory, fibroblastic, and maturation, which has also been denoted as inflammatory, proliferation, and remodeling—and this is maintained by some authors.

Phase 3: Proliferation in wound healing

This stage involves closing your wound. Phase three can be broken down into three semi-phases, including: 1. Filling the wound - with new connective tissue and blood vessels.

There are three categories of wound healing—primary, secondary and tertiary wound healing.

In adults, optimal wound healing should involve four continuous and overlapping phases: Haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodelling .

The three steps for basic wound care, according to Richlen include accurate assessment, thorough cleansing of wounds and appropriate dressing of wounds.

Wounds heal faster if they are kept warm. Try to be quick when changing dressings. Exposing a wound to the open air can drop its temperature and may slow healing for a few hours. Don't use antiseptic creams, washes or sprays on a chronic wound.

An unclean wound may cause a bacterial infection to occur. Once the wound is clean, there are several techniques to speed up the healing process. These include the use of antibacterial ointments, turmeric, aloe vera, garlic, and coconut oil. A person should seek medical help right away if their wound is large.

Stage 3.

Proliferation can start between 24-48 hours after an injury, and last up to 3 weeks once the bulk of the scar tissue is formed. This stage is where cells which are commonly referred to as “blasts” cells will come to the area to change the fibrin like matrix into a more structured matrix.

What are the 3 core wounds? ›

Through our understanding of our relationship with our parents, we tend to feel rejected, abandoned, betrayed, and lost. These deep emotional inferences are the core wounds. These are imbibed during the foundation age and shape our sense of self and our relationship patterns.

Class 3 wounds are classified as contaminated and typically result from a breach in sterile techniques or leakage from the gastrointestinal tract. Incisions resulting from acute or nonpurulent inflammation are also considered Class 3 wounds.

Table 1 describes the salient features of the main types of chronic wounds: arterial, venous, diabetic and pressure ulcers.

Stage 3 involves the full thickness of the skin and may extend into the subcutaneous tissue layer; granulation tissue and epibole (rolled wound edges) are often present. At this stage, there may be undermining and/or tunneling that makes the wound much larger than it may seem on the surface.

Tertiary intention (delayed primary closure) occurs when a wound is initially left open after debridement of all nonviable tissue. Wound edges may be surgically approximated following a period of open observation, when the wound appears clean and there is evidence of good tissue viability and tissue perfusion.

To recap, there are three phases of recovery for soft tissue: Acute phase, inflammatory: 3-7 days post-injury. Sub-Acute phase, repair: 3-7 days to 3-6 weeks post-injury. Chronic phase, remodelling: 3-6 weeks to up to 2 years post-injury.