Urgent Care for Wound Care in El Cajon, CA

Chronic wounds are often related to chronic health conditions but are not necessarily related to them. Chronic wounds can be things like pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, or venous leg ulcers. These are challenging types of wounds for healthcare professionals to address.
 
Wounds are usually divided into two categories, acute and chronic. Acute wounds are more common and include cuts, abrasions and lacerations. Acute wounds tend to heal in a normal fashion and are usually healed within about 14 days. This will depend on the size of the wound and its depth.
 
If a wound does not heal in three to four weeks or fails to move past an initial phase of healing, it is considered a chronic wound. Treatments for chronic wounds will differ from acute wounds. Chronic wound management requires the maximization of the body’s own ability to heal. Chronic wound management may require monitoring blood sugars in diabetics, restoring circulation, managing venous congestion, improving nutrition or eliminating medications that are impacting healing.
 
The objective of treating a chronic wound is to get it to become an acute type wound.
An urgent care clinic or a primary care clinic will have the tools to address this kind of wound. The decision to treat at an urgent care center versus a wound specialist will depend on a few questions.
 
– How long has the wound lasted?
– Has the wound improved since it started?
– What treatments have been tried?
– What evaluation has been done about the wound?
– Are other signs or symptoms present?
– Have there been similar wounds that have healed?
 
An urgent care clinic can help you to understand what you need when dealing with this kind of health concern.

A wound care clinic can put all types of wounds on the right path to healing. They can work with skin ulcers, infected wounds and wounds that just don’t want to heal.
 
At a wound care center, they will check your wound, measure it, check the circulation in the affected area and review your medical history. They do all of this to help identify the cause of the wound. If your injury is not healing, there can be definable reasons for this. Once they determine what those reasons are they can provide the proper treatment.
 
Once the wound is assessed, treatment can be recommended. Depending on the type of wound, you may have to return to the wound center for recurring treatment.
 
If you have a wound that you don’t feel is healing properly East County Urgent Care can treat these wounds. With years of experience and a team that is trained to work with wounds, they can help get your wound to heal while preventing further complications.

If you think that your wound is infected, it is recommended that you get medical help. An infection that isn’t treated properly can become a serious condition. If you find that the pain in your wound has increased, it may be infected. If you are having body aches, restlessness or weakness due to severe pain in the wound, an infection could be a concern. If you start to feel sick or have a fever, nausea, or diarrhea, these can be signs of an infection.
 
Some visible signs that can indicate an infection are: dead tissue around the wound, redness, swelling, or excess pus coming from the wound. There may be cause for concern. We serve patients from El Cajon CA, Wells Park CA, Hillsdale CA, Alpine CA, Rancho San Diego CA, Santee CA, and Jamul CA.