van der Weyden Elizabeth A
Woodfield Retirement Village, Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia.
Br J Community Nurs. 2005 Jun;Suppl:S21, S24, S26-7. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2005.10.sup2.18175.
The management of chronic wounds such as venous ulcers is a common and long-term issue with the aging population. Non-standard treatment that is both medically and financially effective needs to be identified. Honey has been used for its healing properties for centuries and has been used to successfully heal wounds including pressure-ulcers in our care facility. However, there is not much evidence for its use in treating venous ulcers. To this end, I trialed the use of a honey-impregnated alginate dressing on a man who had a long-standing history of venous ulcers on his leg with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of honey as an alternative treatment to the current wound management therapies. The honey seemed to act as an effective antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and deodorizing dressing, with total healing of the ulcer achieved. This result, together with past successes with the use of honey alginate on ulcerated wounds, has led to this product becoming mainstream in the treatment of chronic wounds within our care facility.
慢性伤口（如静脉溃疡）的管理是老龄化人口中常见的长期问题。需要确定在医学和经济上都有效的非标准治疗方法。几个世纪以来，蜂蜜因其愈合特性而被使用，并且在我们的护理机构中已成功用于治愈包括压疮在内的伤口。然而，关于其用于治疗静脉溃疡的证据并不多。为此，我对一名腿部患有长期静脉溃疡病史的男子试用了含蜂蜜的藻酸盐敷料，目的是评估蜂蜜作为当前伤口管理疗法替代治疗方法的有效性。蜂蜜似乎起到了有效的抗菌、抗炎和除臭敷料的作用，溃疡完全愈合。这一结果，再加上过去使用蜂蜜藻酸盐治疗溃疡伤口的成功案例，使得该产品在我们的护理机构中成为慢性伤口治疗的主流。
