open wound - Alternative Medicine Message Board

gramma50 · 10-05-2007, 03:28 AM

My son had thoracic surgery June 26 as the result of a fall off a swing. All injuries were internal (ruptured diaphragm, perforated stomach). His left lung had collapsed and he became toxic. He was also suffering major organ failure. He was on life support and dialysis, but while in ICU developed a fungal infection in his blood. The incisions had to be opened in order to drain the infection. The larger of the two incisions has healed wonderfully, but the smaller one is still partially open, hyper granulated, and is still seeping a bit of infection. I have started to put colloidal silver on the wound, and I am getting him to use acuped foot patches. I am curious if there is anything else (natural) that we can use to assist with the healing of his wound.

thank you

mg_natural · 10-07-2007, 04:14 PM

Go buy an aloe plant and fillet one of the "leaves" and place the aloe inside the wound -- it will heal it.

gramma50 · 10-08-2007, 05:27 AM

Thank you. I actually have a huge aloe plant in our home. I never even thought of using that.

michelle87 · 06-25-2008, 04:41 AM

my mum had a mayjor hernia operation in febuary and still has an open wound so i was just wondering if the aleo vera plant worked for your son?

Victory12 · 06-25-2008, 05:09 PM

We have an aloe vera plant just for this very reason. Living in Los Angeles, we get a lot of sun throughout the year and that leads to a lot of sunburns. Putting pure aloe vera on the burn is so great. I'm glad to hear things worked for you too.