In recent years, there has been a resurgent interest in the use of honey in wound care. Honey, plant nectar that is modified by the honey bee has been used as a treatment for wounds including foot ulcers. Since the years before sixth century, with records of its use dating back to the early Egyptians, Assyrians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans, honey application has become popular in treating wounds and ulcers. In traditional treatment, honey application is one of the ingredient most popular since the ancient times.
There are several mechanisms through which honey is thought to act on and heal wounds naturally. When it is applied directly on a wound surface or via a dressing, it can act as a sealant, keeping the wound moist free from contamination. In addition, honey is comprised of glucose (35%), fructose (40%), sucrose (5%), and water (20%). This high sugar content plus vitamins, minerals, and amino acids provides topical nutrition that is thought to promote healing and tissue growth. Honey is also a hyper osmotic agent that draws fluid from the wound bed and underlying circulation, which kills bacteria that cannot thrive in such an environment. It is bactericidal in other ways as well. During the process of honey production, worker bees add the enzyme glucose oxidizing to the nectar. When honey is applied to the wound, this enzyme comes into contact with the oxygen in the air, which leads to the production of the bactericide hydrogen peroxide. Macroscopically, honey has also shown anesthetic action.
Studies and researches at number of medical universities have proven that various strains of honeys against bacterial strains obtained from hospitals found that even the strains most resistant to antibiotics failed to grow in the presence of honey. A good example made by Dr. Jennifer Eddy, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin, provided a case study of a patient with a severely gangrenous diabetic foot ulcer that was salvaged following honey treatment. While Dr. Eddy who is currently recruiting patients with diabetic foot ulcers for a study has made a comparison on honey with hydro gel dressings that appear like honey, having been altered to resemble honey in terms of coloring and smell to maintain objectivity.
An observational study at the University of Bonn, Germany, reported good healing rates in the use of honey as a dressing for wounds in 20 children with cancer, who are prone to weakened immunity and poor wound healing following radiation treatment and chemotherapy. The results seen in children treated with honey looked promising and on another study by Arne Simon recommends specialists should consider standardized honey when confronted with wounds that refuse to heal.
Medi-honey has been used in Iraq where it produced good results at a makeshift clinic in the treatment of children with burns set up by US armed forces. Honey is an ideal and affordable first aid dressing material, especially for emergency situations where standard medications and equipment are not readily available, such as war-torn or earthquake-stricken regions. It is suitable for treatment of burns, where emergency cooling with contaminated water can lead to infection.
Wounds and ulcers are the medical term for injuries that occur when skin is torn, cut, sore, bruised, punctured or similarly damaged. Most diabetes wounds and ulcers can be treated at our Treatment Center.
Our Alternative Treatment Center for Diabetic Wound in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia has been operational since 1996 and has proven to diabetes world that diabetes wound and foot ulcers can be treated and can be avoided from being amputated.
Alternative / natural medication
Medication provided at the Center is all made of plants and processed in accordance to the standard of processing natural herbs. It is 100% drug free, safe and halal.
What we can assure is that diabetes wounds and foot ulcers can still be treated without the need for amputation!
Kindly visit us at http://2curediabeticwound.com if you have any query. We will reply to you within 24 hours and will do our best to help you.
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I am the Coordination Manager for Alternative Treatment Center For Diabetic Wound in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia responsible to provide advice to Customers about the services provided by the center and advice on transport services.
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