Sentences with phrase «large skin wounds»

Large skin wounds (such as burns).

Not exact matches

The advancement, using a new kind of synthetic polymer (a polymer is a large molecule composed of many repeated smaller molecules) has self - healing properties that mimic human skin, which means that e-skin «wounds» can quickly «heal» themselves in remarkably short time — less than a day.

He saw an enormous amount: that small species lay fewer eggs than large ones; that some build webs and some hunt; that some spiders» eggs are parasitised; that spiders «shed a complete skin, not excepting even the jaws»; and that young spiderlings throw out a length of silk and use it to float off on the wind — although he saw this as a hunting technique, a madcap aerial pursuit of winged insects, rather than, as we do now, a means of dispersal.

Pathogens typically have an entry point (respiratory, skin, wound, etc.) and travel through the body, sometimes large distances, to reach their particular site of proliferation, where they trigger damage.

My struggle was that the skin was cut off on three sides and a large flap was hanging loose, so I had to hold enough pressure on the wound to help it heal, and I needed something that would fight any bacteria that had gotten trapped under the skin.

When damaged from cuts, braises, or other wounds that compromise the integrity of our largest organ, the skin, it's at its most vulnerable.

Because Shea Butter has such a large healing fraction, in addition to moisturizing fraction, regular use of this natural cream can treat many skin problems, including blemishes, wrinkles, itching, sunburns, small skin wounds, eczema, skin allergies, insect bites, frost bite, and other skin conditions.

But lotions and creams are also key to skin's health: They protect your body's largest organ from moisture vampires (wind, heat) and other environmental assault.

Occasionally, the wounds will develop large pockets called abscesses under the skin that require draining and sometimes the surgical placement of a drain to help with healing.

Occasionally, the wounds can develop large pockets called abscesses under the skin that require surgical placement of a drain to aid in healing.

Gentamicin, while absorbed poorly from the skin, when applied topically for long periods of time to large wounds, burns or denuded skin has a potential for reversible or irreversible ear and kidney toxicity.

Treatment may require debriding (trimming) the devitalized tissue, then suturing the wound with drains in place; or the defect may be large enough to require skin grafting or healing by second intention (granulating in over a long period of time).

Loss of large amounts of blood serum containing albumen and globulins through burns, wounds and extensive skin infections (such as sarcoptic mange) can also lower TP.

Gentamicin, while absorbed poorly from the skin, when applied topically to large wounds, burns, or denuded skin for prolonged periods of time has a potential for reversible or irreversible ear and kidney toxicity.

They can also remove cancerous growths, manage extensive or non-healing wounds, and perform reconstructive surgery, such as grafting skin over large injuries.

This causes trauma to that area of the skin and leads to a large wound, infection, and thickening of the skin.

The earth's protective atmosphere or «skin» extends beyond 3,200 km above sea level to the large magnetic fields, called the Van Allen Belts, which can capture the charged particles sprayed through the cosmos by the solar and galactic winds.

The instantaneous bulk - skin temperature differences can be as large as 1.0 K to -1.0 K (Robinson, 1985), depending on the wind and surface flux conditions.

The one - step device is believed to be the first in the world to create tissue rapidly on a large scale — important in repairing skin destroyed by burns or other major wounds.

A text on Heat Transfer will show that the «somehow» is called convection.Research has determined heat transfer coefficients for convection to a water surface — for example, at a wind speed of 3m / s a value of about 400W / m ^ 2 K has been measured.This is relatively large and results in the skin temperature being close to the subsurface value.BUT, this aside, until you perform a proper quantitative surface energy balance, you will struggle to explain the phenomena of interest to you.