Necrotic tissue is dead tissue and is no longer viable. It can cause infection or it just serves no purpose even with blood flow within the area. It’s impossible for it to be reversed. Why can’t it be though? What progress have scientists made with that?
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It is impossible for necrotic tissue to be reversed, it’s biologically inert… It is absolutely an infection problem since it provides a space where bacteria can reproduce, which the immune system is unable to attack. It also, in case of wounds, slows the natural healing process, since it’s like a pile of debris that needs to be cleared before be tissue can be “laid down”…
The main progress that’s being made is around better/safer/less painful/less destructive methods of debridement (clearing the necrotic tissue) so the bodies natural healing can take over. Using larval dressings is pretty cool, although kinda gross…
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