Using honey to heal a chronic wound in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa.
This case study details the healing of a chronic wound (20 years' duration) in a patient with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Many different dressings and creams had been used, and on occasions the wound began to heal but never progressed to closure. A honey impregnated dressing was used and the wound healed in 15 weeks. A brief overview of the dystrophic form of EB is given and some evidence for the efficacy of honey is presented.
Hon
Jennie
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D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006722:Honey; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*