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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Huh, I see a lot of horrifying diabetic foot wounds, and I've honestly been surprised by how relatively odourless they are compared to more acute abscessing wounds.

My set point might just be off. My patient population is, uh, pungent at the best of times... Most of them are homeless or close to, and hygeine is just not something they can prioritize.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I agree, the diabetic foot ulcers are fairly tame until wet necrosis sets in.

    Cancer wounds are worse in my experience. The little old ladies who don’t go to the doctor until their breast looks like burnt bloody cauliflower and have been bandaging with toilet tissue or old tea towels for ages so you have to fish around in old macerated tissue to get all the threads and clumps out.

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