Since external wounds are exposed to, well, the outside, shouldn’t they heal slower? Why is it that internal wounds take longer and sometimes may not even heal at all without medicine, like fissures and canker sores?
In: Biology
Moisture slows down clotting, which is responsible for stopping bleeding and starting the healing process. This is why suicidal individuals may slit their wrists in a bathtub full of water; submerging the wound in water will reduce the clotting rate, increasing the chance that the victim “succeeds”/bleeds out before they are found/saved.
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