Honey a Superior Burn Treatment? Several studies have been done on the efficacy of honey in burn care. Of six major randomized controlled trials of honey five showed honey to be superior to other types of treatment. (Subrahmanyam) “With silver sulfadiazine, the most widely used agent to prevent or clear infection in burns, 7% of [...]
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Manuka Honey in Burn Wound Treatment
December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · burns
Tags: burn·burn care·clinical trial·gauze·infection·manuka honey benefits·silver sulphadiazine·topical
C-Section Wound Infection | Prevention and Treatment
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · honey wound care, manuka honey health benefits, MRSA, surgical wound care
Does your c-section wound hurt and smell? It might be infected. As with all surgical incisions it is recommended to make sure C-section wounds will heal as quickly as possible. Open wounds, especially those which are not healing, are prone to infections. When such a wound is infected it will not heal and it will [...]
Tags: antibiotics·C-section·c-section wound·clinical trial·infection·Medihoney·surgery·wound care·wound dressing
Medihoney Wound Dressings
April 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Medihoney wound dressings
Medihoney wound dresings are wound dressings based on manuka honey. The dressings are used by medical practitioners for long term care in hospitals and other medical institutions as well as by consumers for home treatment. Manuka honey, or active Leptospermum honey, is the most researched type of honey in the world. It has shown to [...]
Tags: infection·manuka honey·Medihoney·MRSA·ulcer·wound care
Defeating MRSA With Manuka Honey
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · MRSA
MRSA infections are wreaking havoc throughout hospitals and other health care facilities. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a bacteria, a staph infection to be precize, which is resistant to methicillin and most other antibiotics imposing a growing threat. It causes skin infections characterized by red, swollen and sometimes painful boils, or pustules and can be [...]
Tags: antibiotics·infection·manuka honey·MRSA·topical·wound dressing
