Inflammation and Wound Healing

Mind Map: Inflammation and Wound Healing

Central Idea: Inflammation is the body's protective response to injury and infection, and wound healing occurs in three ways.

Main Branches:

• Inflammation
• Wound Healing

Inflammation

• Increased Vascular Permeability
  • Chemotaxis
• Fluid Accumulation
  • Purulent Exudate
  • Clear Transudate
• Leukocytosis
  • Five Basic Types of White Blood Cells
• Systemic Response
  • Swollen Lymph Nodes
  • Fever
  • Pain
  • Sleepiness
  • Lethargy
  • Anemia
  • Weight Loss
• Chronic Inflammation
  • Infections
  • Autoimmune Diseases

Wound Healing

• Labile Cells
• Stable Cells
• Permanent Cells
• Three Ways of Wound Healing
  • Primary Intention
  • Secondary Intention
  • Tertiary Intention
• Factors Affecting Wound Healing
  • Infection
  • Medications (e.g. corticosteroids)
  • Diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus)
• Problems with Wound Healing
  • Rupture of Wound
  • Scar Formation
  • Fistulas
  • Adhesions
  • Contractures

Sub-Branches:

• Chemotaxis

  • White Blood Cells

• Purulent Exudate

  • Cells
  • Proteins
  • Debris

• Five Basic Types of White Blood Cells

  • Eat and Destroy Foreign Matter and Debris

• Swollen Lymph Nodes

  • Immune Response

• Fever

  • Pyrogens

• Primary Intention

  • Clear Wound Edges

• Secondary Intention

  • Extensive Loss of Tissue
  • Granulation and Fibrous Tissue

• Tertiary Intention

  • Missing a Large Amount of Tissue
  • Contaminated
  • Skin Graft

• Infection

  • Delayed Wound Healing

• Scar Formation

  • Keloid

• Fistulas

  • Between Different Areas of Tissue or Organs

• Adhesions

  • Abnormal Bands of Internal Scar Tissue

• Contractures

  • Inflexible Shrinkage of wound tissue as the body closes the wound.

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