Bedsores - Role of Wound Specialists in its Care

Wound specialists play an important role in the care of bedsores. Learn more about how wound specialists can help you manage bedsores and improve patient outcomes.

Bedsores are wounds that occur due to prolonged pressure on your skin. These wounds are common to people who have been immobile for a long time due to prescriptions by doctors. People who are bedridden or in a wheelchair are more prone to bedsores. These bedsores also known as pressure ulcers are painful wounds that can grow large and lead to injections. These can also be life-threatening in some cases. Wound care surgeons provide special care to patients when needed in speeding up their healing journey. These specialists are trained in feeding tube replacement and surgical wound consult services.

Reasons for Bedsores:

Bedsores normally occur when the pressure reduces or cuts off blood flow to your skin. The lack of blood flow can cause a pressure wound injury to develop in the smallest time frame sometimes even in 2.5 hours. Skin cells in the epidermis layer start to die and this is followed by the breakdown of dead cells forming pressure ulcers.

Bedsores are more likely to develop in cases where the pressure is along with moisture (from sweat, urine, or stool), and traction (pulling or stretching of the skin) from sliding down in an inclined bed or wheelchair.

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