Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 I remember using sugar packings for pressure ulcers at the nursing home in Wisconsin when I was in residency. Worked well and the nurses were comfortable with it. I have heard about honey for wounds, too, but we didn't use that. Here is an article on honey - sort of an ad for the Medi-honey, but interesting stuff. http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/nem175v1 Medical Honey for Wound Care—Still the ‘Latest Resort’? Arne Simon1, Kirsten Traynor2, Kai Santos1, Gisela Blaser1, Udo Bode1 and Molan3 1Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, University of Bonn, Bonn, 2Institute for Bee Research, Celle, Germany and 3Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand While the ancient Egyptians and Greeks used honey for wound care, and a broad spectrum of wounds are treated all over the world with natural unprocessed honeys from different sources, MedihoneyTM has been one of the first medically certified honeys licensed as a medical product for professional wound care in Europe and Australia. Our experience with medical honey in wound care refers only to this product. In this review, we put our clinical experience into a broader perspective to comment on the use of medical honey in wound care. More prospective randomized studies on a wider range of types of wounds are needed to confirm the safety and efficacy of medical honey in wound care. Nonetheless, the current evidence confirming the antibacterial properties and additional beneficial effects of medical honey on wound healing should encourage other wound care professionals to use CE-certified honey dressings with standardized antibacterial activity, such as MedihoneyTM products, as an alternative treatment approach in wounds of different natures. See attached. Locke, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 And owned by a NZ company " Comvita " though I've never seen it being used here .. but then I'm not into wound mangement. I do have a patient with scleroderma who keeps getting infected superficial ulcers .. I might suggest that she try this. The gamma irridiation appears to be to deactivate clostridium spores which might come to life deep inside an anaerobic wound .. not really an issue here. > > > > > > > > I remember using sugar packings for pressure ulcers at the nursing home in > Wisconsin when I was in residency. > > Worked well and the nurses were comfortable with it. > > I have heard about honey for wounds, too, but we didn't use that. > > Here is an article on honey - sort of an ad for the Medi-honey, but > interesting stuff. > > http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/nem175v1 -- Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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