Physiological Mechanism Involved A physiological mechanism essentially caused the wound to turn red, hot, swollen, and painful. Vascular response and inflammatory response largely contributed to the redness, increased heat, swelling, and pain. Increased blood flow into the inflamed site led to the redness …show more content…
Nutrition deficiencies would impede the processes that enable normal progression through all the stages of wound healing (Bauer, Isenring, & Waterhouse, 2013). It is extremely important that Carlton’s mother makes sure that her six-year-old maintains an adequate nutrition, which will be essential for optimal healing of his wound. The boy might experience an increase of infection rates and low tensile strength on his wound if he is malnourished. The wound might also become chronic and nonhealing due to delayed healing. Chronic wounds have been a major contributing factor to mortality and morbidity among patients. (Ziegler, 1997). Nutrition therapies used today should aim at rectifying nutrition deficiencies that often contribute to delay in wound healing. Malnutrition needs also to be considered when exploring treatment options since it is one of the major causes of wound