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Chicken is a very nutritious and delicious food, suitable for health, but in most cases of open wounds, it is advised to abstain from eating chicken, because chicken can affect your health. affect wound healing.
1. What is an open wound?
Open wounds are injuries we can see such as broken skin, cuts in the skin, punctures... Signs of an open wound are bleeding depending on the severity of the wound, redness, swelling around the wound and the patient with an open wound will feel pain and discomfort on the surface of the skin.
With minor open wounds, the injured person can take care of themselves at home and these injuries in healthy people are not a big problem. However, with some types of large wounds, deep and wide lesions, with a lot of bleeding, you should go to the hospital for proper treatment, to avoid losing a lot of blood and possibly leading to the risk of infection.
2. Can you eat chicken with an open wound?
Can you eat chicken with an open wound is something that many people wonder, because it is only said that they must abstain from chicken, but not everyone knows why. Although chicken is a very nutritious food, when you have an open wound, you should abstain from eating chicken, especially in the early stages of skin growth.
Usually, when the skin starts to grow, there is an uncomfortable itching sensation, if we add chicken, it makes this itch worse and we scratch, the wound will take longer to heal. normal, from which it is easy to form keloids.
So don't eat chicken while the wound is healing. Because this makes the wound heal longer and causes trouble for the patient.
Bị vết thương hở ăn gà sẽ càng làm tăng tình trạng ngứa ngáy ở da non
3. How should you eat with an open wound?
In addition to taking care of the wound to avoid infection by changing the dressing, washing the wound properly, the right diet is very important.
Usually, when we have small open wounds, it does not affect us much, so we are usually not interested in dietary changes, but food choices and nutritional status have a great influence. large to the wound healing ability, especially large open wounds. Because the more severe the skin damage, the more energy, vitamins, minerals and proteins are needed to promote wound healing. So when we have an open wound, especially a large wound, we need to pay special attention to the most appropriate diet.
Some foods should be eaten when having an open wound:
Increase the intake of protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, eggs, milk... legumes that contain a lot of protein. This is an important ingredient in the wound healing process. Vitamins and minerals: Foods rich in iron, folic acid, vitamin B12 such as eggs, milk, dark green vegetables. Increase foods containing vitamins A, E and C to help create new tissue and heal wounds, in particular, vitamin C plays an important role in the wound healing process, helping to increase the body's resistance against infection, pus. Dark green vegetables and fresh fruits such as papaya, dragon fruit, guava, tangerine, orange, grapefruit. Foods rich in zinc to increase the body's resistance.
Bị vết thương hở nên bổ sung những thực phẩm nhiều protein để mau hồi phục
Some foods should be abstained:
Foods with high carbohydrate content: Especially in diabetics, it must be well controlled, because these foods make the wound heal longer. People with higher blood sugar levels should consult with open wounds especially in the extremities. Water spinach: Should not be eaten because it can form keloids. Chicken and sticky rice: Should not be eaten during the formation of young skin because it causes skin itching and bad scars. Beef: Although beef contains a high protein content, it is beneficial to the health recovery process, but beef is not recommended for use in subjects with open wounds because it increases the risk of forming deep scars. permanent, difficult to improve with conventional interventions. Dog meat: As a food containing a lot of protein, it should be limited in the healing process, which can cause keloids. Seafood: Seafood is a nutritious food for the body that contains many nutrients beneficial to health. However, for patients with open wounds, seafood can cause allergic conditions that lead to itching and discomfort. Foods that should be abstained for a period of time until the wound heals completely, can be visually assessed to know the recovery status of the open wound.
Thus, we should abstain from eating chicken while the open wound has not completely healed to limit the day's itching and make the wound heal longer. Avoid open wounds when healing keloid scars... In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to good wound care to avoid infection affecting health.
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