A one-page educational handout explaining the physiological stages of tissue healing after injury. It describes early chemical signaling and inflammation, immediate blood-vessel dilation and increased blood flow, leukocyte arrival within hours to remove damaged tissue, scar-tissue formation over days, and scar contraction and longer-term healing over weeks to months. Sourced to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / NIH (NIAMS).
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
2025-02-07.