Managing wound pain in patients with burns using soft silicone dressings Causes of pain in wound care
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Causes of pain in wound care Dressing-related pain can sometimes be worse than the pain from the wound. Benbow (2010) suggests that wound and dressing-related pain is underestimated and poorly managed and may lead to extended healing times. She identifies that the most common causes of pain include removing dressings that stick to the wound bed, skin stripping of periwound skin and tissue maceration and/or excoriation due to inadequate management of wound exudate.
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