COVID19 and its necessary social isolation has placed vulnerable people in a position that loneliness has become an ever present reality. However, people who experience chronic wounds and lymphoedema are also too well aquainted with this void in interpersonal relationships. The link below contains some tips from
Thank you to Lipoedema Australia for this very helpful differential diagnosis chart.
We were recently given pause for thought when asked to consider what dressing materials are available to match darker skin tones. I noted that there doesn’t seem to be any such products in my domain of clinical practice. This gap in the wound care marketplace
Bowler, Duerden and Armstrong wrote a fascinating article in 2001 on wound microbiology. This was before the impact of biofilm on non-healing wounds was appreciated (as it is today). They state that chronic wounds can have up to 48% of their microbial flora occupied by
Taken from a workshop presented by The Wound Guy for the 2017 Leg Club Foundation Conference
Thank you to all my friends and colleagues for your marvellous support for The Wound Guy throughout the year. I am looking forward to sharing a fabulous 2017 with you all and wish each of you a happy festive season as 2016 draws to its close. Kind
An article written by the Queensland University of Technology research team of Parker, Finlayson & Edwards and published in the November 2016 edition of the Journal of Wound Care, describes a range of clinical predictors for delayed healing in venous leg ulcers. The list of
Lindsay Leg Club Foundation forms partnership with the Wound Guy The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation is to form a partnership with The Wound Guy with the ultimate aim of providing a better quality of life for patients with leg ulcers. The Wound Guy is Australian based