Why is it that my finger still hurts after being stitched for a week?

If the external injury of a person's finger is serious, it is necessary to go to the hospital for suture in time. Suture is also considered a minor operation. After skin suture, you should pay attention to a balanced diet, do not eat chili peppers, and do not do strenuous exercise. Pain will occur a week after the skin is sutured. The person who sutured is worried that this is an abnormal phenomenon. Why is the finger still painful after a week of stitches? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Why does my finger still hurt after being stitched for a week after a traumatic injury?

Exudation and pain that occur one month after suture of finger trauma may be caused by local infection, which is related to poor hygiene, bacterial infection, etc. If there is a lot of exudate, the wound needs to be enlarged and drained. If there is not much exudate, the exudate can be cleared and disinfected on time, and anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to control the infection.

2. What foods can help wounds heal faster?

1. Foods containing vitamin C

Vitamin C promotes wound healing and increases sensitivity to stress such as injury and infection. The loss of this vitamin increases during infection and fever, so it plays an important role in the response to stimuli. At the same time, collagen is needed to fill the wound during the healing process after surgery, and the formation of collagen fibers requires the help of vitamin C.

Vitamin C exists in various vegetables and fruits, mainly green vegetables, spinach, oranges, red dates, kiwis, citrus, grapefruit, cauliflower, grape juice, and tomatoes. According to research, the optimal amount of vitamin C per person per day should be 100-200 mg, and not less than 60 micrograms.

2. Foods containing vitamin A

Everyone knows that vitamin A has the effect of whitening, but in fact it can also promote wound healing. Vitamin A plays an important role in cell differentiation, epithelial fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis. Vitamin A deficiency will hinder the healing of surgical wounds.

Therefore, if you want the wound to heal faster, you can eat more foods containing vitamin A: animal liver, egg yolk, carrots, tomatoes, milk, etc. Adult men need to consume 700 micrograms of vitamin A every day, but be careful not to overdose to avoid harm to your health.

3. Foods containing glucose

Glucose is the main provider of energy for the human body, and energy supply is essential for wound healing. During the wound healing period, you can eat more fruits rich in sugar, which can not only increase the sugar content but also provide sufficient vitamins.

In order to get enough glucose throughout the day, you need to make sure to consume foods rich in glucose at every meal. The best are glucose that is absorbed slowly: pasta, cereal foods, biscuits, black beans, rice, tapioca flour...the above foods can gradually release glucose. It is no use constantly consuming fast sugar, white sugar and sweets to stay energetic.

4. Foods containing protein

During the wound recovery period, the human body needs sufficient water intake to facilitate the excretion of toxins produced by metabolism. In addition, the important nutrient protein is also needed, especially the requirement for high-quality protein will increase. If protein intake is poor during the recovery period of surgery, not only will the wound heal slowly, but it will also increase the chance of infection. Some amino acids in high-quality protein have a positive effect on wound healing and anti-infection. For example, arginine has a very obvious effect on the human lymphocyte immune response and postoperative wound healing.

5. Foods containing zinc

Zinc is essential for the proper functioning of the human body, affecting everything from metabolism to immunity, tissue healing and repair. Zinc can combine with vitamin C to participate in the synthesis of collagen in the body, increase resistance and promote wound healing.

A good way is to eat more foods containing zinc (11 mg per day for men and 8 mg per day for women). Foods rich in zinc include lean meats, seafood (especially oysters, which are high in zinc), grains and other protein-rich plants, such as beans.

6. Fatty foods

Eat more meat, except musk deer, because meat contains fat. Because a lack of lipids can lead to impaired wound healing. Fish oil is rich in fatty acids, has anti-inflammatory effects, and is beneficial for wound healing. It is also good to eat more fish and other foods, but people with allergies should use less.

In addition, vitamin E can maintain animal reproductive function and promote wound healing; when vitamin E and vitamin C are used together, the two will complement each other and enhance their effects. Foods containing vitamin E include cereals, green leafy vegetables, egg yolks, nuts, meat and dairy products.

3. Foods that are taboo for wound healing

1. Edible fungi:

They mainly include mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc. Overeating of these foods can easily cause wind to rise in the yang, triggering chronic diseases such as liver yang headache and liver wind dizziness. In addition, it can easily induce or aggravate skin sores and swelling.

2. Aquatic products:

The main aquatic products that cannot be eaten include hairtail, yellow croaker, pomfret, clam meat, shrimp, crab, etc. These foods are cold in nature and have a fishy smell. People with allergic constitutions are prone to diseases such as asthma and urticaria. At the same time, it is also easy to induce skin diseases such as sores, swelling and toxins.

3. Vegetables:

They mainly include bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkin, spinach, Chinese mustard, eggplant, etc. These foods are easy to induce skin sores and swelling.

4. Fruits:

The main ones are peaches, apricots, mangoes, etc. The predecessors have pointed out that eating too many peaches can easily cause heat, carbuncle, sore, ulcer, furuncle, worm and other diseases; eating too many apricots can cause carbuncle and furuncle, and damage the tendons and bones.

5. Poultry and livestock:

The main ones include rooster, chicken head, pork head, sow meat, goose meat, chicken wings, chicken feet, cattle, sheep, horse, donkey, dog, and venison. These foods are active and ascending in nature. Eating them can easily cause wind and raise yang, triggering chronic diseases such as liver yang headache, liver wind dizziness, etc. In addition, they can easily induce or aggravate skin sores and swelling. Although eggs are not allergenic, you should not eat too many of them. Generally, you should not eat more than 2 eggs a day. This is especially true for patients with hepatitis, allergies, hyperlipidemia, high fever, kidney disease, and diarrhea. The reason is that eggs contain a lot of protein, but they are foreign proteins, and a considerable number of people experience pathological reactions after eating foreign proteins.

6. In addition:

Other foods that can cause allergies include deer meat, fermented bean curd, and spicy condiments such as onions, garlic, leeks, schizonepeta, cinnamon, angelica, mustard, pepper, and Sichuan pepper. Try to avoid strong irritating beverages such as alcohol and vinegar.