Why does scab form when there is inflammation

Wounds are a form of damage caused by external stimuli to the body. Wounds need some time to heal, and inflammation and scabbing will occur during this process. This has a great impact on people's bodies, because scabs will make the skin at the wound hard, which is easy to tear under the action of external force and cause secondary injury. Let’s take a look at why scabs form when wounds are inflamed.

Causes of wound scab

First of all, we should understand the medical principle of wound scab: from a medical point of view, wound scab is a lump formed by the coagulation of platelets and fibrin on the surface of the wound or sore, which will fall off by itself after the wound or sore heals.

What should I pay attention to when my wound scabs

Scabbing of wounds is a normal physiological reaction of the body, but this physiological reaction does not necessarily help wound healing. Some may even become a "helper" of wound ulcers. For some wounds without inflammation and with relatively mild wounds, scabs will form normally due to physiological reactions. This scab has a certain protective effect on the wound and prevents wound infection. At the same time, the anaerobic environment is more conducive to accelerating the speed of wound healing, which is more conducive to wound healing.

However, for some wounds that have already developed inflammation or even ulcers (such as patients with bedsores), once the wound has scabbed over, if the inflammation under the scab is not treated in time, especially in an anaerobic environment, it is easy to cause the ulcer to worsen rapidly and the patient will experience symptoms of wound suppuration. In some patients, the ulcer may develop to the bone within a week. Therefore, for inflammatory wounds, once scabs appear on the wounds, they need to be cleaned in time to avoid serious ulcers. It can be seen that wound scabs are not necessarily beneficial to wound healing. Clinically, we should still have a correct understanding of wound scabs and adopt the correct treatment methods.

For some scabby wounds with inflammation or suppuration, it is necessary to clean the scabs in time, clean and disinfect the wounds, rinse the wounds with iodine, and then wash them with saline. If the wound is more serious, Yu’s wound healing prescription should be used for treatment. In short, we must have a correct understanding of the wound and deal with it actively, so that you can recover soon and avoid treatment misunderstandings.