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Bond [772]
2 years ago
7

Which would be most responsible for prolonging a wound healing in the older resident?

Biology
1 answer:
Lelu [443]2 years ago
5 0
Wound healing is usually prolong in the elderly people due to three basic factors, these are:
1. delayed inflammatory response: inflammatory response allows the white blood cells and nutrient to reach the site of the wound in order to stimulate healing. This response is very slow in the elderly people.
2. reduced skin elasticity: skin elasticity has been highly reduced in elderly people.
3. Diabetes mellitus: most elderly people have diabetes mellitus; the condition prevent wound from healing.
Out of these three, the most important one is the delayed inflammatory response.
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