Pressure Sore Prevention: 7 Best Skin Care Tips
Skin care is an essential part of preventing/ treating pressure sore.
It often involves reducing swelling by cooling the skin surface; Reducing the pressure on the skin; Or improving the skin’s moisture content and elasticity through hydration (drinking more water) and moisturising/ applying barrier creams.
Nutrition and Pressure Sores: How Your Food and Water Is So Important In Prevention
Nutrition (your food/ meals) and hydration (your drinks, water, etc.) play a crucial role in keeping your skin healthy and preventing pressure sores.
Bed sores usually develop after a person suffers from severe malnutrition, which means that one’s body cannot receive the nutrients it needs to heal. While pressure ulcers can be an unfortunate side effect of malnutrition, the underlying issue here is that the body is simply not receiving all of the nutrients it needs to function optimally.
Adequate hydration is vital for life, because water makes up about 60% of our body. And our blood is more than 92% water, at the proper hydration level.
Dehydration, caused by drinking too little fluids, can lead to confusion, poor wound healing and pressure sores. Whilst eating healthy foods and a balanced diet containing an adequate amount/ variety of proteins, vitamins, and minerals can help prevent skin damage and speed up the healing process.
There’s so much more exciting stuff about your nutrition and its crucial role in preventing/ healing pressure sores. Do read on…
Elderly Bed Sores: Causes, Symptoms, Most Useful Prevention Tips, Treatment
Elderly bed sores are most likely to develop in elderly people who are bed bound, have mobility difficulties, or are paralysed and/ or malnourished.
Bed sores are also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers.
For elderly people with underlying health conditions such as diabetes or circulatory problems, bed sores present even more serious health risks, including lessened response to treatment and greater difficulty in healing.
Today, we will answer your questions on why does elderly get bed sores, how to prevent bed sores in elderly, how to prevent bed sores for bed bound elderly, best course of action for infected bed sores in elderly, how to treat bed sores in elderly, what to do if it’s at a stage where you cannot look after it yourself, and many more.
Importance of Repositioning to Prevent Pressure Sores
To prevent the great discomfort and deterioration for which pressure sores are well known, it is most important to practice re-positioning yourself or your patient regularly. Doing this will greatly help to encourage better blood flow to those areas supporting your body as you sit or lie down for prolonged periods of time. When you […]
Pressure Sore Prevention for Wheelchair Users
How do wheelchair users prevent pressure sores? Pressure sores – How long does it take to develop one? How can I tell if I have a pressure sore? What do I do about my pressure sore? How is damage caused by a pressure sore? Are pressure sores serious? How can you prevent pressure sores? Questions abound […]
Pressure Sore Treatment in the Elderly: How Pressure Sores Affect the Quality of Life in the Elderly
Pressure Sores in the elderly is an area of great concern for all. One for which watchfulness and immediate treatment is always recommended. Due to the fragile nature of ageing skin and the general delicate health of the elderly, pressure sores pose a huge threat to the well-being and quality of life of our elderly. […]