An extensive wound or trauma is a severe damage to the soft tissues in the skin. It is a medical condition in which the soft tissues of the skin sustain injury or break down. These severe wounds or in..
An extensive wound or trauma is a severe damage to the soft tissues in the skin. It is a medical condition in which the soft tissues of the skin sustain injury or break down. These severe wounds or injuries can occur after accidents, or due to violence. These accidents may occur at home, or typify road accidents. It can be a self-inflicted wound or somebody else causing skin injury to you. There can be deep cuts by a knife, skin abrasions from metal or glass, skin crushing, animal bites, or bullet injury. A large proportion of people surviving their injuries incur temporary or permanent disabilities.
It can be typically identified as a medical condition, in which there are deep cuts, a single deep cut in the skin or flesh, or skin piercing which results in a hole in the skin. Some symptoms that accompany wounds are:
- Swelling.
- Redness.
- Bleeding or oozing blood.
- Possible fever with infection.
- Oozing pus.
Some common causes of extensive wounds are:
- Accidents.
- Sports injury.
- Laceration.
- Incisions.
- Punctures.
- Gunshots.
- Abrasions.
Some common risks of trauma wounds are:
- Infection.
- Bulging scar tissue surrounding the skin around the wound.
- Gangrene (decay of tissues inside the body).
- Drop in immunity.
- Sudden weight loss.
- Inflammation.
The following measures should be practiced to prevent extensive wounds:
- Wear good shoes when outdoors to avoid stepping on hazardous objects.
- Be careful while playing to prevent sports injuries.
- Show extra caution when working around objects like knife and scissors.
- Wear safety objects like gloves and eyewear whenever there is even a slight risk.
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