The Use of an Arginine-Enriched Oral Nutrition Supplement to Enhance Wound Healing from a Cesarean Section

Abstract

Background: Surgical wounds can directly hinder daily activities and leave scars that can have long-term impacts on a patient. Cesarean sections account for over one-third of all baby deliveries, resulting in women faced with a wound needing rapid healing to take care of their baby. Case Presentation: The patient received an arginine-enriched oral nutrition supplement twice daily for 14 days as a therapeutic intervention to aid in wound healing and recovery. At the 2-week postpartum visit, validated scar assessment scales were completed to determine how the surgical wound was healing. It was shown that this therapeutic intervention improved wound healing as indicated by low scar assessments. Conclusion: This woman showed that consuming an arginine-enriched oral nutrition supplement could optimize healing following a cesarean section. Future research needs to be conducted on a larger sample size to determine whether these results can be generalized to the broader population.