Advanced Techniques to Diagnose and Treat Non-healing Wounds
Hoffman Medical Center IL provides clinically integrated care for non-healing wounds through our Wound Center. A wound that is slow to heal can result in many complications, including infection, pain and discomfort.
If you have a wound that has failed to heal after four weeks, Loyola’s wound care experts will diagnose your condition and design an individualized medical action plan just for you. Our team has received advanced training in evidence-based protocols and leading-edge therapies for non-healing wounds. Your care team will provide seamless communication with your primary care doctor.
You may need specialized wound care if you have:
- Burns - Hoffman Medical Center's experts have vast experience in treating chemical, radiation, thermal and electrical burns. Our Burn Center is one of the most experienced in the Midwest.
- Cellulitis — A skin infection can occur when a break in the skin becomes infected with bacteria, such as staphylococcus and streptococcus.
- Neuropathic diabetic ulcers — Neuropathic diabetic ulcers are life-altering and must be treated in the early stages. Diabetes often causes foot ulcers, which can become infected. This serious medical condition is a leading cause of lower extremity amputations and is preventable.
- Peristomal skin irritations Patients with a urinary or fecal ostomy can have various complications, especially during the first five years. These complications may include skin thickening, polyps, skin discoloration and redness.
- Pressure ulcers — These ulcers, also known as bedsores, are due to long-term injury from pressure to the skin.
- Surgical wounds — Several factors can complicate surgical wound care, including smoking, alcoholism, medications, obesity, diabetes, stress, oxygenation levels, nutrition, age and hormone levels.
- Traumatic wounds — Acute cuts, lacerations and puncture wounds may contain gravel, glass or shrapnel embedded in the skin, which can cause complications to the healing process.
- Vasculitis An infection, medication or various diseases may cause your immune system to attack your blood vessels, complicating wound healing.