A chronic wound develops when any acute wound fails to heal in the expected time frame for that type of wound, which might be a couple of weeks or up to six weeks in some cases.

If you have wounds that just won't heal, you need wound treatment.

Causes of Chronic Wounds

Treatments for non-healing wounds

• Routinely cleaning the wound and ridding it of dead tissue via debridement and irrigation
• Vacuum assisted wound dressings, also called Wound Vacs, create negative pressure to the wound, which can be particularly helpful in wounds with large amounts of drainage.
• Warming the area to increase blood flow
• Antibiotic regimen
• Oxygen therapy
• Specialized dressings that provide healing factors or enzymes that help break down dead tissue