Physiology of Wound and Healing: Case Study Analysis

Running head: PHYSIOLOGY OF WOUND AND HEALING
Physiology of wound and healing
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Table of Contents
Question 1:.......................................................................................................................................2
Question 2:.......................................................................................................................................3
Exogenous source:.......................................................................................................................3
Endogenous pathogen:.................................................................................................................4
Question 3:.......................................................................................................................................4
For ceftriaxone:............................................................................................................................4
Oral cephalexin:...........................................................................................................................5
Oral dicloxacillin:........................................................................................................................5
Adverse reaction of dicloxacillin:................................................................................................5
Question 4:.......................................................................................................................................5
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Question 1:
This case study represents the case of a 21 years old young woman named Mary who
had presented to the emergency department with the compliant of an infected laceration on her
left foot. The patient described the origin of attaining the wound in a beach resort 4 days ago
where she stepped on a broken glass bottle and attained a deep 2 cm long jagged laceration over
the lateral aspect of her left foot. The patient further informed that after attaining the wound in
the beach she used her handkerchief to cover the wound and stop bleeding. The patient
mentioned that as she woke in the morning that day, her laceration wound was extremely painful,
swollen, and also had a purulent discharge.
Exploring the physiology of the laceration can be defined as a torn or jagged wound
which is generally caused by sharp objects (Theoret, 2016). Laceration is a type of wound that
causes irregular wound, and as the wound that the patient attained was 2 cm long and has the
chances of seeping into the subcutaneous tissues including underlying muscle, internal organs, or
bone. Such laceration wounds are accompanied by pain and significant bleeding. It has to be
mentioned that the most important course of action in case of laceration wounds are to terminate
the bleeding using sterilized techniques. In this case, the patient used her handkerchief to
bandage the wound which can be a contaminated piece of clothing transferring bacteria to the
wound and facilitating the infection of the laceration wound, which had been the case for the
patient in the case study as well (Wroblewski, Siney& Fleming, 2016).
The observations of the wound had been painful and swollen, appearing red and warm to
touch, along with having a purulent discharge. It has to be mentioned that inflammation is the
most common clinical manifestation of infection which is generally localized to the wound