Bedsores

What are bedsores?

                        wound care bed sores
                                                pressure sore and treatment
                    leg ulcers
                                                                               foot ulcers
                                                                                                                  skin ulcers
wound dressing
                                                        leg ulcer treatment
                       heal bed sores
                                                                                            cure bed sores
                                                                                                                                 chronic wound
skin ulcer treatment
                                                              pressure sore treatment
wound healing

    Pressure sores are a phenomenon that take enormous proportions in the hospitals throughout the world due to the huge shortage of nursing staff and the huge cost of treatment. Patients filled with sores because of lack of care and the inability of modern healthcare system to cope for treatment, so it would be better to prevent bedsores as possible, and this can be done by an experienced nurse  which can properly diagnose when the patient is at risk of bedsores, and take action at an early stage to restore them at the lowest possible cost to their relatives and for hospitals. 
     Leg ulcers, foot ulcers, skin ulcers, chronic wound are common to bed lying patients for long time not only at hospitals but also at patients home. At home is more difficult to diagnose the pressure sore, an xperienced nurse may take prevention actions by giving advices of care to relatives and to prevent big skin damages. The wounds healing is better at the beginning of skin damage. The skin ulcer treatment must be done by an experienced nurse.

 What is bedsores?

   Bedsores is the damage of continuity of the skin in areas of the body especially bony aereas,  decubitus patients, patients lying all day in their beds for a very long time, e.g quadriplegics, orthopedic valent with fractures, in severe cases.

Ischemia occurs in that region, tissues is not perfused  as they should and result in insufficient supply of oxygen tissues and other components necessary for the proper operation resulting in their death.

 The sores begin:

• from simple redness
• then small  skin damage with pink colour
• then beginning to get depth
• and more severe, is a large cave and in many cases worms appear. (be careful)

     Pressure sores show how much care has been given by an individual in their lives.  A patient without care comes with many sores all over his body. If someone does not have the quality care  pressure ulcers are cavernous and lead to death.

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

1. Good hydration of the patient

2. Frequent change position at least every two hours

3. Gently massage the surrounding area

4. Proper and adequate nutrition

5. Dry and clean body

6. The sheets on the bed not having folds

7. Few cushions in the region at risk of developing decubitus.

Charoula Koutsouroumba

  RN Pofessor

Greece 30 - 7 - 2016