Anyone know of reasons a wound won't heal?

[blindswelledrat]

To cut a long story short Ive had a number of operations on my ankle as a result of an initial achilles tendon snap.
Of the carnage that is now my ankle, there is a small bit that doggedly refuses to heal and gets gradually larger over time.
Initially the consultants best guess was that there was a piece of necrotic tendon floating about that the body was trying to eject. He operated and cut out the bit that wouldn't heal and re-stitched the whole lot, but yet again it is opening up in the same spot.
THis has been going on for about 9 months now.
ANyone have any experience of this type of thing?

[Legend83]

Scar tissue?

Mate of mine fell off his motorbike and now has kind of dark, bumpy areas on his knees that are susceptible to opening up when he plays sport etc.

I will ask him what the doc said about it.

[hornetrider]

Got any pics? My mrs is a community nurse and deals with wound care quite a lot. I could get an opinion for you if you like?

[blindswelledrat]

Sounds good, cheers. Ill get an up to date picture tonight. I have none of the specific problem this second.

[Bill]

I assume they've checked for infection?

And your shoes aren't rubbing?

[blindswelledrat]

Niether. There have been infections along the way, but that isn't the current issue. I have cut the backs out of my shoes for the time being, so its not that iether.

[spikeyhead]

swerni said:

leprosy?

bits just keep on falling off of me,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
Oh why, did I, catch leprosy?

[AlexC1981]

I heard a discussion on the radio the other day where a caller spoke about someone who had an operation on their ear lobes. It appeared to heal, but kept breaking out into sores.

The doctor told him that it was his glasses that were irritating the scar tissue (even though they did not seem to be irritating him) and causing the sores to appear. Once he switched to contact lenses the sores did not come back.

I'm not sure how this may help you, but I've typed it now.

[Mattt]

I had a wound that wouldn't heal (suspected Spider bite) - and turned out to be Staph infection - took ages to clear up and then heal

[spikeyhead]

swerni said:

end of musical interlude, now back to the story.

After a little research, either stop smoking or get checked for diabetes.

[Mr E Driver]

Poor diet, it is because you are eating junk food, no veg with skin healing help

[ShadownINja]

What's your general health like? Getting enough sleep/rest? Eating well?

[blindswelledrat]

ShadownINja said:

What's your general health like? Getting enough sleep/rest? Eating well?

EDriver said:

You fat bd

Fine. NOt the best, but it won't be that. Everything else heals. It is just one very specific area that refuses to. For example- I have a 12 inch scar down my arm from the same operation and that healed perfectly within a couple of weeks.

Edited by blindswelledrat on Tuesday 6th July 10:14

[blindswelledrat]

AlexC1981 said:

I'm not sure how this may help you, but I've typed it now.

Ive just swapped the glasses on my ankle for contacts. Ill keep you posted.

[blindswelledrat]

Mattt said:

I had a wound that wouldn't heal (suspected Spider bite) - and turned out to be Staph infection - took ages to clear up and then heal

Funnily enough that was the infection that caused all the complications in the first place but is not the reason for its continued refusal to heal.

[hornetrider]

<cough>

[blindswelledrat]

hornetrider said:

<cough>

Sorry- I forgot last night. I remembered as soon as I saw this thread this morning!

[hornetrider]

blindswelledrat said:

hornetrider said:

<cough>

Sorry- I forgot last night. I remembered as soon as I saw this thread this morning!

Meh. It's your leg falling off.

[ShadownINja]

blindswelledrat said:

ShadownINja said:

What's your general health like? Getting enough sleep/rest? Eating well?

EDriver said:

You fat bd

Fine. NOt the best, but it won't be that. Everything else heals. It is just one very specific area that refuses to. For example- I have a 12 inch scar down my arm from the same operation and that healed perfectly within a couple of weeks.

Edited by blindswelledrat on Tuesday 6th July 10:14

Do you wash the wound with saline solution at all?

[F i F]

hornetrider said:

<cough>

@ BSR

It's hornetrider's fault, bugger keeps coughing on your wound. Sheesh NHS eh?

PS you and c2 otherwise OK?