Health conditions and factors that can heighten the risk of developing chronic wounds include age, diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), obesity, poor blood circulation, vascular disease, and a weakened immune system.

Authors

• Person: Alyssa Smolen Organization: OSF HealthCare
  How to tell if a wound is healing or infected - OSF HealthCare

Sources

• How to tell if a wound is healing or infected - OSF HealthCare www.osfhealthcare.org Alyssa Smolen · OSF HealthCare via serper

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• immune system concept
• high blood pressure concept
• chronic wound concept
• diabetes concept
• obesity concept
• age concept
• hypertension concept
• vascular disease concept