How to Treat Bedsores

Skin diseases are very common and are very harmful to human health. When treating such diseases, they must be treated in a timely manner. Skin diseases develop and cause other diseases quickly, so you must pay attention to your diet during treatment. When treating skin diseases, you cannot choose greasy or spicy foods. So how to treat bedsores?

Many people do not know much about how to treat bedsores. There are also good methods to treat this type of disease. Therefore, when treating it, it is necessary to understand its treatment methods now so that you know how to treat bedsores best.

How to treat bedsores:

In the early stages of pressure sores, the skin will turn red and the condition will improve after taking measures such as turning the patient over and reducing pressure. When superficial sores, ulcers, and excessive exudate appear on the skin, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

1. Drug treatment.

2. Physical therapy.

3. External application of Chinese medicine.

4.Surgery.

symptom:

1. Prone areas

It often occurs on bony protrusions that are not covered by muscles or have a thin muscle layer, lack the protection of fat tissue and are often under pressure.

(1) In the supine position, the disease is most common in the occipital protuberance, scapula, elbows, vertebral protuberance, sacrum, and heels.

(2) The disease is most common in the side-lying position, including the ears, acromion, elbows, ribs, hips, medial and lateral sides of the knee joints, and medial and lateral malleolus.

(3) Prone position is more common on the ears, cheeks, shoulders, female breasts, male genitals, iliac crest, knees, and toes.

2. Clinical staging

The latest classification of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel in 2007

(1) Suspected deep tissue injury: The subcutaneous soft tissue is damaged by pressure or shear force. The local skin is intact but may change color such as purple or brown-red, or cause congested blisters. The soft tissue in these damaged areas may be painful, hard, have a sticky discharge, be moist, warm, or cool compared to the surrounding tissue.

(2) The first stage of pressure ulcers is the congestion and ruddy stage - "redness, swelling, heat, pain or numbness that lasts for 30 minutes and does not fade". The skin over the bony prominence is intact and accompanied by localized erythema that does not fade when pressed. Dark skin may not show obvious paleness, but may be a different color than the surrounding tissue.

(3) The second stage of inflammatory infiltration of pressure sores - "purple, hardened, painful, and blistered", with partial loss of the dermis, appearing as a shallow open ulcer with a pink wound bed (wound surface) and no slough. It may also appear as a complete or ruptured serological blister.

(4) The third stage of pressure ulcers is shallow ulcer stage - the epidermis is damaged and ulcers are formed. Typical features: full-thickness skin tissue is missing, subcutaneous fat is exposed, but bones, tendons, and muscles are not exposed. There is slough, but the depth of tissue loss is unclear and may include undermining and tunneling.

(5) Stage IV: Necrotic ulcer stage - invasion of the subdermis, muscle layer, bone surface, and spread of infection. Typical features: full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle, slough or eschar in some parts of the wound bed, and often undermining or tunneling.

(6) Typical features of unstageable pressure ulcers: full-thickness tissue loss, slough covering the ulcer base (yellow, tan, gray, green, or brown), or eschar attached to the wound bed (charcoal, brown, or black).

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of how to treat bedsores. When treating it, choosing the above methods is the best option. However, it should be noted that when treating it, it must be done in a timely manner and cannot be delayed, otherwise it will not be of any help in the treatment of the disease.