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Wound care: guides and articles

Everything we publish on wound care in one place: a complete guide for each type of wound, and articles answering the questions patients, families and nurses in Jordan ask most. Each topic has one page, with no repetition.

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Guides by wound type

Each guide brings together prevention, care and warning signs for one type of wound.

  • Pressure injuries

    Pressure injuries: who is most at risk, the stages, and how to prevent and care for them.

  • Diabetic foot

    Foot wounds in people with diabetes: why they need early attention, daily checks, and common mistakes.

  • Surgical wounds

    What is normal after surgery, when a surgical wound looks worrying, and how to care for it at home.

  • NPWT / VAC

    What negative pressure wound therapy (VAC) is, when it is used and when it is not suitable, and what daily follow-up involves.

General questions for any wound

Articles that apply to any wound, whatever its type.

  • When to see a wound-care specialist

    Signs a wound needs specialist assessment, when to go to the emergency department, what to bring to the assessment and what happens during it.

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  • Wound infection warning signs

    How to tell normal healing from wound infection: the local signs, the signs of spreading infection that need the emergency department, and what not to do.

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  • Common mistakes in home wound care

    Habits that slow healing at home: letting a wound “breathe”, strong antiseptics, traditional remedies, frequent dressing changes and neglecting pressure relief.

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Supporting guide

  • Dressings

    The main types of modern dressing, what each is typically used for and not suited to, and when the type of dressing changes.

This information is general education and does not replace an individual medical assessment. Do not change your treatment or dressings without speaking to your care team.

Emergencies: nearest emergency department or 911