Haughey, L., & Barbul, A. (2017). Nutrition and lower extremity ulcers: causality and/or treatment. The international journal of lower extremity wounds, 16(4), 238-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534734617737639
Haughey and Barbul’s goal in this article is to investigate the relationship between the nutritional status and the influence and clinical development of leg ulcers in individuals, with an importance placed on venous and diabetic leg ulcers, and to analyze the effect of nutritional therapy on the consequences of these ulcers. The association between nutrition and the origin, symptoms, and management of lower extremity ulcers was summarized in the article. According to the reports indicated by Haughey and Barbul, poor nutrition causes the risk of wounds, which can lead to chronic problems due to insufficient healing mechanisms. The danger is particularly high for the elderly. Thus, malnutrition increases the likelihood of developing venous and diabetic leg ulcers and there maybe a shortage of high-quality research on the effect of nutrition in improving wound healing and reducing wound risk. Haughey and Barbul concluded that there is a stronger relationship between nutrition and wound healing. It is challenging to prevent wounds, it takes a lot of work to reduce, malnutrition, and it is difficult to heal wounds that are related to an individual’s nutritional status. However, there is not enough high-quality research on the effect of nutrition in improving wound healing and decreasing wound risk. I learned from the article that nutrition is necessary to heal any type of wound since there is a high risk that the healing of wounds is affected due to malnutrition.
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Barchitta., Martina., Maugeri., Andrea., Favara., Giuliana., Lio, M. S., Roberta., Evola., Giuseppe., Agodi., Antonella., Basile., & Guido. (2019). Nutrition and Wound Healing: An Overview Focusing on the Beneficial Effects of Curcumin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(5), 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20051119
Barchitta and others planned to create the information for assessing the impact of curcumin on wound healing because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities. They considered the needs on the effects of certain nutrients on wound healing as well as malnutrition, highlighting the effects of curcumin. They summarized the present information on the key molecular and biochemical effects of nutrition on the quantity and quality of wound healing, focusing on the useful effects of curcumin. It has been specified in the article that curcumin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties which are active during various stages of wound healing. The evaluation of this article states that while curcumin is seen as a wound healing agent, appropriate nutritional techniques can be helpful for wound management, particularly for chronic non-healing wounds. Moreover, it is shown that various micronutrients, in addition to macronutrients, play a critical role in wound healing. I learned from this article that nutritional assessment of individuals who are at risk for non-healing wounds should be given first priority in both preventing and treating the wounds because nutrition and nutrients in general could affect wound healing.
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Al-Rawaf, Gabr, S. A., & Alghadir, A. H. (2019). Molecular Changes in Diabetic Wound Healing following Administration of Vitamin D and Ginger Supplements: Biochemical and Molecular Experimental Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, 4352470–13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4352470
Al-Rawaf and others in this article assessed the effectiveness of Vitamin D in diabetic wound healing and the effectiveness of dietary supplements in producing considerable antibacterial and wound-healing properties. The relationship with Vitamin D and nutritional supplements in accordance with Al-Rawaf was outlined in this article. The article suggested that individuals diagnosed with diabetic wound injury lack Vitamin D and this is the cause of slowed healing progress and following vitamin D treatment, wound healing was increased and the nature of the healing was improved. According to the study done by the authors, vitamin D promotes wound healing by reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress. Additionally, it was noted that the effects of Vitamin D supplements on wound healing occur through encouraging macrophages to kill germs by phagocytosis. The evaluation made by the authors concluded that both Vitamin D and nutritional supplements in wounds is accelerated by wound closure, full epithelization, and scar formation in a relatively short amount of time. Furthermore, anti-inflammatory vitamin D supplements significantly improve activation and signaling processes in a variety of cell types, reducing inflammation, and promoting wound healing. I came to know from the article that nutritional supplements can be effective for healing, specifically for hard-to-heal wounds.
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Reference List
Al-Rawaf, Gabr, S. A., & Alghadir, A. H. (2019). Molecular Changes in Diabetic Wound Healing following Administration of Vitamin D and Ginger Supplements: Biochemical and Molecular Experimental Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, 4352470–13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4352470
Barchitta., Martina., Maugeri., Andrea., Favara., Giuliana., Lio, M. S., Roberta., Evola., Giuseppe., Agodi., Antonella., Basile., & Guido. (2019). Nutrition and Wound Healing: An Overview Focusing on the Beneficial Effects of Curcumin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(5), 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20051119
Haughey, L., & Barbul, A. (2017). Nutrition and lower extremity ulcers: causality and/or treatment. The international journal of lower extremity wounds, 16(4), 238-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534734617737639
