Case Study of a man who fell and got lacerated in his lower left leg

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Introduction
Laceration is defined as the scratch or a tear in the skin in any part of the body which
causes an irregular wound. In the case study of Daniel who is a 62 year old man, became dizzy
while working and fell and got a large laceration in his lower left leg (Chen et al., 2018).
Usually, a laceration can be caused through injury by any kind of sharp or rough object or by
falling down or getting injured from a blunt object or heavy force; for instance falling down on
the floor while riding a cycle (Chen et al., 2018). The injury can occur at any part in the body,
like in the case study; Daniel got the injury in his left leg. Most of the time, the laceration can
occur as a result of tissue injury (usually minimum) or due to infections (uncommon). Though,
many a times it can happen that the lacerations may spread through the full thickness of the skin
and may extend to the subcutaneous tissues, involving the underlying muscle tissues, internal
organs, or bone. However, it is also evident that bleeding and pain is accompanied with several
types of lacerations (Chen et al., 2018).
Discussion
Research says that inflammation is the first phase in the healing procedure of the
laceration (Landén, Li & Ståhle, 2016). It is the reaction of the immune system towards the
injurious stimuli, for instance the bacteria, impaired cells, toxic composites, or irradiation, and
functions by eliminating the harmful stimuli and starts the healing procedure (Landén, Li &
Ståhle, 2016). Therefore, inflammation works as a defense system which is very essential to a
human body. Generally, the injury and the infection can be reduce or decreased by the acute
inflammatory reactions, cellular and molecular reactions (Landén, Li & Ståhle, 2016). This