Understanding how to care for wounds is important. When your wound isn't healing as it should, our care team at Ascension Saint Joseph - Wound Care Joliet is here to help. We listen to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that's right for you.
Doctors and nurses at the wound care center in Joliet specialize in treating complex, slow-healing wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers. We offer advanced wound-care treatments, such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to help promote healing. Other wound healing treatments include:
- Compression therapy
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Infection management and prevention
- Total contact casting
- Wound cleaning
- Wound dressing
Wound care after surgery or an injury is critical for your health. And, doing regular self-checks, especially in hard-to-see places, may help prevent infection and serious complications.
Advanced wound healing with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
The hyperbaric chamber is a painless environment that delivers oxygen-rich therapy to promote wound healing. During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, concentrated oxygen quickly enters your bloodstream and helps heal the wound from the inside out. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment for many conditions, including diabetic foot ulcers and slow-healing wounds.
Our care team takes the time to answer your questions and explain how hyperbaric oxygen therapy heals your wound. For questions or to schedule an appointment, call 815-773-7737.
Hyperbaric chamber is used to treat many conditions
Our wound care doctors use hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat many adult health conditions, including:
- Anemia
- Bubbles of air in your blood vessels (arterial gas embolism)
- Burns, including radiation injury
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Crush injury to skin or bone
- Decompression sickness
- Foot and leg ulcers
- Gangrene
- Infection of skin (graft)
- Sudden hearing or vision loss
- Traumatic brain injury or brain abscess
Work with our wound care team to manage your recovery
Our doctors and nurses listen to understand you and your health concerns. We understand your emotions when wounds are not healing. We show you how to improve your wound-cleaning hygiene at home as part of your personalized recovery plan. Our goal is to help prevent rehospitalization for infection or wound-healing complications, and to improve your quality of life.
