If the procedure is more complex or your child received medicine to sleep through it, you might need to stay in the waiting room. The person who did the test will place the culture sample in a special container and send it to a laboratory. There, it will be observed to see if any germs grow. A technician will report the results to your child's doctor, who will review the results with you. If nothing significant grows, the culture is called "negative.
Results aren't available to the patient or family at the time of the test. It usually takes about 2 days for the germs to grow. Some less common kinds of germs grow slowly and may take several weeks to be seen.
If the wound looks infected or your child looks ill, the doctor may start treatment before the test results are ready. Doctors base their treatment decisions on the most likely cause of infection, but they can change the treatment if needed when the test results come back. A wound drainage culture is a safe procedure. A scar forms and the wound becomes stronger.
As healing continues, you may notice that the area itches. After the scab falls off, the area may look stretched, red, and shiny.
The scar that forms will be smaller than the original wound. It will be less strong and less flexible than the surrounding skin. Over time, the scar will fade and may disappear completely. This can take as long as 2 years. Some scars never go away completely. Scars form because the new tissue grows back differently than the original tissue.
If you only injured the top layer of skin, you will probably not have a scar. With deeper wounds, you are more likely to have a scar. Taking Care of Your Wound. For minor wounds, clean your wound with gentle soap and water. Cover the wound with a sterile bandage or other dressing. For major wounds, follow your health care provider's instructions on how to care for your injury. Avoid picking at or scratching the scab. This can interfere with healing and cause scarring.
Once the scar forms, some people think it helps to massage it with vitamin E or petroleum jelly. However, this is not proven to help prevent a scar or help it fade. Do not rub your scar or apply anything to it without talking with your provider first. Certain factors can prevent wounds from healing or slow the process, such as: Infection can make a wound larger and take longer to heal.
People with diabetes are likely to have wounds that won't heal, which are also called long-term chronic wounds. The entire healing process might take a couple of years to complete. The process seems simple enough, but wound healing is actually quite complicated and involves a long series of chemical signals. Certain factors can slow or prevent healing entirely. One of the most dramatic factors is reduced or inadequate blood supply to the wound.
The oxygen and nutrients that new blood carries to the wound are essential to successful healing. A wound that is not getting enough blood could take at least twice as long to heal, if it heals at all. By some estimates, as many as 6. These are called chronic wounds, which are more common in elderly people or people with diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, or other vascular disease.
If you have a wound that is not healing in a reasonable time frame, make an appointment with your healthcare provider.
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