Having a swollen wound may be caused by infection, bleeding, fluid accumulation and other reasons, according to different situations, choose the appropriate treatment measures.
1. Infection: the wound is not timely disinfection, disinfection is not complete and other reasons, easy to cause the wound to become infected, can cause swelling of the wound inflammatory reaction. In this case, in addition to the need for wound disinfection, dressing change, but also need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take amoxicillin, cefuroxime sodium and other antibiotic drugs for treatment.
2. Bleeding: when the wound blood vessel injury caused by bleeding, if the bleeding is not properly treated, resulting in the formation of local hematoma, causing the wound to swell. Need to go to the hospital in time for pressure bandage, play a certain role in hemostasis. When the bleeding is large, the bleeding needs to be stopped by surgery, and can be injected with snake venom hemagglutinin and other drugs.
3. Fluid accumulation: large wound trauma is likely to cause localized oozing. Accumulation of exudate leads to fluid accumulation in the wound, which can lead to swelling of the wound. The swelling of the wound can be improved by draining the wound through puncture to drain the exudate.
If you have a swollen wound, you need to go to a regular hospital for timely treatment to avoid untimely treatment that may affect the recovery of the wound.