Patient's question:
10 days after a cesarean section, the wound has been bleeding. The wound has not healed. Test results: Post-cesarean wound discharge. The doctor used white sugar to treat the wound. Previous treatment and effectiveness: The doctor used white sugar on the wound, saying the patient had excessive blood loss after surgery and moderate anemia. Adding white sugar to the wound, is this treatment scientific? Is it safe?Doctor's answer:
This method is indeed used in many hospitals. I have also seen cases where sugar was sprinkled on wounds. It should be said that it has a certain effect, but it is not yet a developed method. Because edible sugar has a dehydrating effect. When bacteria lose water, their body proteins undergo denaturation again, causing the bacteria to stop growing and approach death. At the same time, it destroys the protoplasm of the bacteria, refining its moisture, causing the proteins inside the bacteria to denature, disrupting metabolic processes, and leading the bacteria to approach death. This helps promote wound healing. However, it is not yet widely used in clinical diagnostics, and there is no clear stance on it in textbooks. But there is no need to worry too much.