12. Swelling: What Your Achy Feet Are Telling You

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Healing Your Wound: The Top Ten Myths Dispelled xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Part One: When You Have A Wound That Won’T Heal
7. 1. How Wounds Heal 5
8. 2. Recognizing Your Fears 10
9. 3. Creating Your Health-Care Team: It Takes A Village 16
10. 4. Your Initial Visit With The Wound Team 24
11. Part Two: Pressure Sores
12. 5. Why Do Pressure Sores Happen? 35
13. 6. Prevention Is Always Best 46
14. 7. Beds And Cushions: Expensive Is Not Always Best 55
15. Part Three: Foot Wounds: Diabetes And Beyond
16. 8. The Foot Wound That Doesn't Hurt 67
17. 9. Shoes And Socks: When What You Wear Can Be The Best Medicine 76
18. Part Four: Blood Circulation: Essential For Healing
19. 10. Venous Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Good 87
20. 11. Arterial Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Poor 94
21. 12. Swelling: What Your Achy Feet Are Telling You 103
22. Part Five: Acute Wounds
23. 13. Healing After Surgery 113
24. 14. Traumatic Wounds: Burns, Cuts, And More 120
25. Part Six: Nonhealing Wounds
26. 15. Infected Wounds 129
27. 16. Unusual Wounds 133
28. 17. Still Not Healing ... What Are We Missing? 137
29. Part Seven: Wound Treatments: Let The Healing Begin
30. 18. What Do I Put On This Wound? 145
31. 19. Growth Factors And Engineered Skin: The Future Is Here 150
32. 20. Adjunctive And Alternative Therapies 154
33. 21. Surgery For Chronic Wound Treatment: When Cutting Can Heal 158
34. Part Eight: Wounds In Specific Populations And Conditions
35. 22. Nervous System Damage: Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, and Multiple Sclerosis 171
36. 23. Healing Challenges and The Older Person 181
37. 24. Children And Teenagers 185
38. 25. Wounds In Dark Skin 190
39. 26. Wounds And Excess Weight 196
40. 27. Solutions To Stoma Struggles 204
41. 28. Living With An Amputation 211
42. 29. The Wounds Of War 214
43. 30. Wounds And Cancer 217
44. 31. Wounds In The Dying: When Comfort Comes First 221
45. Part Nine: Beyond The Wound
46. 32. Eating Well: The Healing Potential Of Food 229
47. 33. Exercise For Wound Healing 236
48. 34. Pain: The Burden Of Suffering 241
49. 35. Skin Problems That Coexist With Wounds 251
50. 36. Emotional Aspects Of Wound Healing: When The Wound Is More Than Skin Deep 261
51. 37. Care For The Caregiver: Beating The Burnout 266
52. 38. Online Medical Resources: How To Separate Clever Advertising From Effective Medicine 276
53. 39. Payment And Reimbursement Issues: Who’S Picking Up The Check 279
54. Glossary Of Terms 283
55. Wound Cleansers And Dressings 287
56. The Wound Patient's Bill Of Rights 289
57. Additional Resources 291
58. References 295
59. Index 297