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Sugar or honey as a wound dressing?

LittleGreyCat

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I've heard the same about Manuka honey.
 
Heard about Manuka too......supposed to be good for ulcers?? Kind of turns everything on its head though as we are told with reduced sugar levels any wounds will heal quicker ?? Obviously honey is pure sugar!! Must be different having it applied topically rather than in-gesting??
 
The community nurses certainly tried honey dressings on my mothers legs but they didn't heal until they used compression bandages. (she wasn't diabetic, she had Parkinson's and was immobile)
There is a Cochrane review (edited as up to date 2014) which isn't supportive of their use (and not surprisingly drew a reaction from a firm that makes the dressings .There is an addendum with number of questions from the company and answers from the reviewers.) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005083.pub3/pdf/standard
Conclusion:
Honey dressings do not increase rates of healing significantly in venous leg ulcers when used as an adjuvant to compression. Honey
may delay healing in partial- and full-thickness burns in comparison to early excision and grafting, and in cutaneous Leishmaniasis
when used as an adjuvant with meglumine antimoniate. Honey might be superior to some conventional dressing materials, but there
is considerable uncertainty about the replicability and applicability of this evidence. There is insufficient evidence to guide clinical
practice in other types of wounds, and health services may wish to consider avoiding routine use of honey dressings until sufficient
evidence of effect is available.
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Interesting read and pleased his leg ulcers have cleared up, whether the sugar played a part who can say.

Read that Manuka honey.is good for a variety of conditions but it's so expensive, the Romans used garlic for a number of ailments and many still swear by it's healing properties.
 
I saw something years ago where they used or were trying maggots on persistent leg ulsers....

I think it came about where wounded soldiers (in Korea?) found maggots in the wound & any festering was eaten away leaving a clean wound to heal... Somethinglikethat...!?
 
Yep they are still using them for debriding dead flesh in wounds not just ulcers, they even use leaches for removing blood clots, and for reducing bruises, have the scar to prove it.
 
LittleGreyCat said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...But-thanks-Mail-reader-banish-leg-ulcers.html

O.K. it is the Daily Mail so perhaps not the most reliable source, but a very interesting tale none the less.

I know honey and olive oil were used as wound dressings in ancient times.

Has anyone here tried honey or sugar as a dressing for an ulcer?

Cheers

LGC
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Hi I've had quite a few sessions in the past with the specialist diabetic podiatrists for foot ulcers and Manuka honey dressings are worth their weight in gold. It has to have a high % of honey (the stuff on super market shelves is not strong enough) Anyway I still have both my legs due to their superb efforts and know how. In past amputations of lower leg was a routine consequence of progressive deteriorating foot ulcers.
 
Shinglis said:
Hi I've had quite a few sessions in the past with the specialist diabetic podiatrists for foot ulcers and Manuka honey dressings are worth their weight in gold. It has to have a high % of honey (the stuff on super market shelves is not strong enough) Anyway I still have both my legs due to their superb efforts and know how. In past amputations of lower leg was a routine consequence of progressive deteriorating foot ulcers.
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Not that I wish you more ulcers but next time can I come and l'll bring the flapjacks mmmmmmmmm
 
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