Question

Mr.x has a wound which drains thick foul smelling green exudate . what kind of drainage is this

Answer 1

Mr. X’s wound which exudes a thick, green, foul smelling pus is a drainage of myeloperoxidase.

Myeloperoxidase is an anti-bacterial protein, green in colour, produced by the human body’s white blood cells.

Pus in general, is a thick, usually white-yellow-greenish discharge from the site of a wound, which has a very foul smell. It is an anti-bacterial secretion, discharged by the white blood cells to protect the body from infection. The colour and smell of the pus depends on the type of infection.

Answer 2

A wound that drains thick, green and foul-smelling exudate isn't an ordinary wound.

The exudate denotes that the wound is in a really bad state and needs to be looked at as early as possible.

This kind of drainage is known as Purulent Discharge or Purulent Drainage.

This drainage contains pus, dead bacteria, white blood cells and inflammatory cells.