EFAD is associated with which effect on wound healing?

EFAD is associated with which effect on wound healing?

• A. Impaired wound healing
• B. Accelerated wound healing
• C. No effect
• D. Worsening only with infection

Answer: (A)

Essential fatty acids are needed to form signaling molecules that coordinate inflammation, tissue remodeling, and immune responses during wound healing. When intake is deficient, the inflammatory response is blunted, fibroblast activity and collagen synthesis decrease, and epithelialization slows, resulting in delayed wound closure and weaker tissue. So, essential fatty acid deficiency impairs wound healing, rather than accelerating it or having no effect, and while infection can worsen healing, EFAD alone already hampers the healing process.

Essential fatty acids are needed to form signaling molecules that coordinate inflammation, tissue remodeling, and immune responses during wound healing. When intake is deficient, the inflammatory response is blunted, fibroblast activity and collagen synthesis decrease, and epithelialization slows, resulting in delayed wound closure and weaker tissue. So, essential fatty acid deficiency impairs wound healing, rather than accelerating it or having no effect, and while infection can worsen healing, EFAD alone already hampers the healing process.