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Packing gauze inside of the wound is a good thing?
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User Jacory
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Answer:

True

Step-by-step explanation:

Healing by secondary intention isn't faster, it just promotes healing from the bottom up, thus avoiding pockets of infection developing in wounds where infection is a greater risk. The gauze (e.g. iodoform gauze) is usually put into an infection (e.g. an lanced boil) and a little bit pulled out each day until the wound heals...I've heard this procedure called a 'poke & pack'.

User Narayan Subedi
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Answer:

True

Step-by-step explanation:

This helps stop the amount of blood that can be lost through an injury.

User Harold L
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