Vitamin C and flavonoids for venous skin ulcer
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Vitamin C and flavonoids for venous skin ulcer
When preventing or healing a venous skin ulcer, make certain that you're getting enough vitamin C and flavonoids.
- Research suggests that vitamin C can speed the healing of surgical wounds and pressure sores.1 Experts recommend a vitamin C dose of
to per day for venous skin ulcer healing.2 - Flavonoids, a class of plant-based compounds, are proven to help heal wounds, including venous skin ulcers.3 Experts recommend a daily dose of
for healing venous skin ulcers.4
References
Citations
Katz DL (2001). Diet and wound healing. In Nutrition in Clinical Practice, pp. 147–149. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Hall JC (2000). Stasis (venous) dermatitis and ulcers section of Vascular dermatoses. In Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases, 8th ed., pp. 110–113. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Katz DL (2001). Flavonoids. In Nutrition in Clinical Practice, p. 365. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Nelson EA, et al. (2006). Venous leg ulcers. Online version of Clinical Evidence (15): 1–20.
Credits
| Author | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Associate Editor | Terrina Vail |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology |
| Last Updated | September 17, 2007 |
| Last updated: | September 17, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Terrina Vail |
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