Diabetes And Delayed Wound Healing
Wounds include cuts, scrapes, scratches, and punctures. Wounds usually happen after an accident or injury. Surgical incisions, sutures, and staples also cause wounds. Delayed wound healing means that the wound has trouble healing or staying closed.
Avastin (chemical name: bevacizumab), a targeted therapy, is being studied in combination with chemotherapy medicines and Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) to treat advanced breast cancer. Avastin may cause delayed wound healing.
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