Nutritional support for wound healing

"Nutritional support for wound healing" refers to the use of targeted dietary strategies and supplementation to optimize the physiological processes necessary for wound repair, including tissue growth, collagen synthesis, immune function, and inflammation modulation. Adequate nutrition is critical for all phases of wound healing—hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling—with requirements for certain nutrients (notably protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, zinc, and others) significantly increased during periods of tissue repair. Nutritional deficiencies can delay or impair healing, increase infection risk, or worsen scar outcomes; therefore, clinical guidelines emphasize assessment and correction of malnutrition in wound patients to support optimized, timely recovery. This entity is not a single molecule or receptor and should not be treated as a canonical molecular drug target.

Other names

Nutrition for wound healingNutritional supplementation in wound healingDiet for wound healing supportNutritional therapy for wounds

Provide essential substrates for tissue protein/collagen synthesis; Enhance immune cell function and reduce risk of infection; Serve as antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E) to protect tissue from oxidative stress; Modulate inflammation (e.g., omega-3 fatty acids)