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What exactly does silver nitrate do on a wound? The one time I saw it being used in person it seemed like a chemical burn was happening ....

I ask because the wife's c-section wound is healing very slow (normal for her) and a doc that was covering for her ob/gyn used silver nitrate not only on the exposed would surface but down into the wound tunnel. And now 36 hours later an area that had been healed along the tunnel "line" has re-opened with just larger than pin holes in a few places. Called covering doc on call, he seemed non plussed and thinks we can wait until early next week to get into the office. Should we push the issue tomorrow?