I am given a case sinario which is Mary, 21 years old, presented to the hospital emergency department with an infected laceration on her left foot.

I am given a case sinario

which is

1. Mary, 21 years old, presented to the hospital emergency department with an infected laceration on her left foot. Mary was at a beach resort four days ago, when she trod on a broken glass bottle and sustained a deep 2 cm long jagged laceration over the lateral aspect of her left foot. She used her handkerchief to bandage the wound. This morning the wound was extremely painful, swollen and had a purulent discharge.
2. On inspection of the wound the following wound observations were made:
3. - Painful and swollen,
4. - Red and warm when touched. - Purulent discharge.

Based on the case study . The question is

1.     Physiological basis of the wound observations (Total: 10 marks)