Wound hardness after healing may be related to wound scar, inflammatory edema, poor wound healing, etc. General treatment, medication or surgical measures can be taken to improve the pain symptoms.
1. Wound scar: During the wound healing process, due to the proliferation of local fibrous connective tissue, the scar may be mixed with nerve endings, resulting in a hard lump and pain symptoms. You can apply diclofenac ointment or other pain relieving ointment on the wound area, and you can use nutritive nerve medication such as methylcobalamin under the guidance of your doctor to promote the pain symptoms to subside.
2. Inflammatory edema: Although the wound is healed, but the local tissue still exists in the inflammatory edema situation, there may be local hard lumps, pain symptoms. Appropriate rest should be taken to reduce the pull on the wound area. At the same time, you can carry out the heat treatment of the wound, improve the circulation, promote the inflammatory edema subside.
3. Poor wound healing: In the healing process, if the local healing is poor to form abscesses and other conditions, resulting in local pain and hard lumps. The lesion can be diagnosed by ultrasound, blood test, etc., and requires surgical incision and drainage to remove the pus, combined with antibiotic anti-infection treatment to ensure the smooth recovery of the wound.
It is recommended that the patient can go to the hospital to clarify the specific causes and the patient’s current situation and then targeted conditioning treatment. Drugs should be applied under the guidance of a doctor.