Chronic inflammation the result of this response being unable to return the body to homeostasis, and all of the bodily responses from acute inflammation continuing to try and pacify the situation. Chronic inflammation in a patient can result from the failure of a foreign body (glass, splinters, etc.) being removed. It can also occur from an insufficient immune response in acute inflammation resulting in difficulty eradicating all of the pathogens that caused the infection. Considerations that should be made on a patient to patient basis are whether or not utilizing the use of dressings, topical antibiotics, systemic antibiotics, need for splinting, and evaluation of tetanus status (Tintinalli & Stapczynski, 2011). Immune suppression is the only real treatment for the chronic inflammation itself; consideration must also be given to diseases that can enhance and perpetuate the inflammatory response (Eming , Krieg, & Davidson,
Chronic inflammation the result of this response being unable to return the body to homeostasis, and all of the bodily responses from acute inflammation continuing to try and pacify the situation. Chronic inflammation in a patient can result from the failure of a foreign body (glass, splinters, etc.) being removed. It can also occur from an insufficient immune response in acute inflammation resulting in difficulty eradicating all of the pathogens that caused the infection. Considerations that should be made on a patient to patient basis are whether or not utilizing the use of dressings, topical antibiotics, systemic antibiotics, need for splinting, and evaluation of tetanus status (Tintinalli & Stapczynski, 2011). Immune suppression is the only real treatment for the chronic inflammation itself; consideration must also be given to diseases that can enhance and perpetuate the inflammatory response (Eming , Krieg, & Davidson,