starting immediately after burn and continuing until 24 hours before sacrifice Result:Improved all parameters related to burn wound healing (including reducing edema, inflammatory cell infiltration and necrosis, increasing the number of capillaries, reticulin and collagen fiber formation, preserving hair follicle count, enhancing wound re-epithelization rate, skin breaking strength and relative elongation, and decreasing water content in burned skin)
Studies suggest that it may be useful in treating chronic wounds, soft tissue injuries, and joint dysfunction by stimulating cell proliferation
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Screening may be warranted in patients with one or more risk factors, such as gastric or small intestine resections, inflammatory bowel disease, use of metformin for more than four months, use of proton pump inhibitors or histamine H 2 blockers for more than 12 months, vegans or strict vegetarians, and adults older than 75 years