Bed Sores - Causes, Prevention and Remedies

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Bed Sores

Bed sores are a very common problem faced by many elderly or senior citizens of the world. However, bedsores are not restricted to the elderly alone and can affect people who are bedridden, in a coma or immobile due to any reason.

Lying in bed or sitting in a wheelchair for a continuous period of time cuts off the blood supply to the skin causing a severe bed sore. Daily pressure on the same part of the skin for minimal time period is good enough to start off this aggravating sore. Bedsores are very common in people who are hospitalized, in nursing homes or being treated at home. In the initial stages the bed sore is red in color with terrible pain and finally turns purple. If it is not treated properly the sore breaks open to cause infection. Further complications can take place if starts infecting the bone and other muscle areas. Common areas of infection are hip, spine, lower back, elbows, heels, buttocks and shoulder blades.. Bedsores can be reversible but for that early detection is must. When you detect anything, start the treatment straightaway.Common reasons for bed sores

 

 

Shearing and Friction: If a bedridden person is pulled or dragged from his or her bed it causes friction and stretches the skin muscles. Blood circulation of the skin gets marred which causes the damage. Moisture: Skin is very sensitive at this stage. Perspiration, bed-wetting or feces leads to furthermore chances of bed sores. Lack of Movement: People, who have been bedridden for a prolonged period of time due to severe medical conditions, particularly in unsanitary conditions or with wet or wrinkled bedspreads, bear the brunt. Being in a same position without any movement is one of the main reasons for bed sores. Lack of Nutrition: A good diet can help you fight this condition easily. Due to lack of proteins, vitamins and other required substances in the body, the patient suffers moreover. Age: An elderly person is mainly affected because youth is not on his side. The thin skin and failing bodily functions deteriorates the chances of revival. Lack of Sensation: An injury which leaves you without sensation is another reason for bed sores. This lack of sensation does not allow you to determine the immensity of the pressure applied on the skin.Other conditions, including anemia, atrophy (muscle loss or weakness from lack of use), various infections, atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries), diabetes or other health ailments in which the skin becomes more susceptible to infection, decreased sensation or lack of feeling, cardiac problems, incontinence (inability to handle bladder or bowel movements), obesity, poor blood circulation and rectal or anal diseases.

Preventive Measures

 

 

The best thing bedsores treatment is to avoid it by all means.Whenever you have someone on the bed, keep changing the position, keep hygienic condition and by not keeping those areas wet by any means, and examine daily for evidence of bedsores.those particular areas daily.To enhance circulation provide skin massages if possible. Always keep the skin dry because moisture is disastrous for the skin.A rich and healthy diet of vitamins like A, B, C, E and zinc is very important and considered to be good diet for bedsores. Avoid meat and include fiber in your diet.

Helpful Remedies

 

 

One of the best home remedies for bedsores is mixing powdered comfrey leaves with slippery elm in equal quantity to form a paste. Put this paste on piece of cloth and tie it with the affected area overnight.Another effective bedsores treatment is to apply zinc oxide ointment, Aloe vera, wheat germ oil or comfrey on the affected area.Wash the sores at least two to four times a day by making a mixture of witch hazel, colloidal silver, and myrrh/turmeric root/goldenseal. This is one of successful bedsores remedy.Note: Adding colloidal silver and tea tree oil to any of the above remedies will make them allthe more effective.Disinfect the area with sprinkling goldenseal or echinacea powder. You should then cover it with cotton.Pure cane sugar. First, clean and disinfect the wound first, then fill with sugar, and cover the wound completely with gauze and tape to hold the sugar in and keep anything else out. Sugar feeds the tissue and bacteria cannot grow in the presence of sugar. The wound must be disinfected every day and sugar replaced in the cavity. In the event the bedsore is small or minor then honey used on it and covered should be enough. If it is deep, then the regular cane sugar we all keep in our homes should be used.Apply vitamin E oil all over the body to help heal existing bedsores and prevent future ones.

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My friend's 96 year old bedridden mother got bed sores. I mixed virgin coconut

oil with lavander oil and had her apply it on the sores. She healed very well

and very fast. They used this as her daily moisturizer and she never got bed

sores again. She eventually died at the age of 99.

 

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> Bed Sores

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> Bed sores are a very common problem faced by many elderly or senior

> citizens of the world. However, bedsores are not restricted to the

> elderly alone and can affect people who are bedridden, in a coma or

> immobile due to any reason.

>

> Lying in bed or sitting in a wheelchair for a continuous period of time

> cuts off the blood supply to the skin causing a severe bed sore. Daily

> pressure on the same part of the skin for minimal time period is good

> enough to start off this aggravating sore.

>

> Bedsores are very common in people who are hospitalized, in nursing

> homes or being treated at home. In the initial stages the bed sore is

> red in color with terrible pain and finally turns purple. If it is not

> treated properly the sore breaks open to cause infection.

>

> Further complications can take place if starts infecting the bone and

> other muscle areas. Common areas of infection are hip, spine, lower

> back, elbows, heels, buttocks and shoulder blades.

> .

> Bedsores can be reversible but for that early detection is must. When

> you detect anything, start the treatment straightaway.

>

> Common reasons for bed sores

>

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> Shearing and Friction: If a bedridden person is pulled or dragged from

> his or her bed it causes friction and stretches the skin muscles. Blood

> circulation of the skin gets marred which causes the damage.

>

> Moisture: Skin is very sensitive at this stage. Perspiration,

> bed-wetting or feces leads to furthermore chances of bed sores.

>

> Lack of Movement: People, who have been bedridden for a prolonged period

> of time due to severe medical conditions, particularly in unsanitary

> conditions or with wet or wrinkled bedspreads, bear the brunt. Being in

> a same position without any movement is one of the main reasons for bed

> sores.

>

> Lack of Nutrition: A good diet can help you fight this condition easily.

> Due to lack of proteins, vitamins and other required substances in the

> body, the patient suffers moreover.

>

> Age: An elderly person is mainly affected because youth is not on his

> side. The thin skin and failing bodily functions deteriorates the

> chances of revival.

>

> Lack of Sensation: An injury which leaves you without sensation is

> another reason for bed sores. This lack of sensation does not allow you

> to determine the immensity of the pressure applied on the skin.

>

> Other conditions, including anemia, atrophy (muscle loss or weakness

> from lack of use), various infections, atherosclerosis (hardening of

> arteries), diabetes or other health ailments in which the skin becomes

> more susceptible to infection, decreased sensation or lack of feeling,

> cardiac problems, incontinence (inability to handle bladder or bowel

> movements), obesity, poor blood circulation and rectal or anal diseases.

>

>

> Preventive Measures

>

> *

> The best thing bedsores treatment is to avoid it by all means.

>

> Whenever you have someone on the bed, keep changing the position, keep

> hygienic condition and by not keeping those areas wet by any means, and

> examine daily for evidence of bedsores.those particular areas daily.

>

> To enhance circulation provide skin massages if possible.

>

> Always keep the skin dry because moisture is disastrous for the skin.

>

> A rich and healthy diet of vitamins like A, B, C, E and zinc is very

> important and considered to be good diet for bedsores.

>

> Avoid meat and include fiber in your diet.

>

>

> Helpful Remedies

>

> *

> One of the best home remedies for bedsores is mixing powdered comfrey

> leaves with slippery elm in equal quantity to form a paste. Put this

> paste on piece of cloth and tie it with the affected area overnight.

>

> Another effective bedsores treatment is to apply zinc oxide ointment,

> Aloe vera, wheat germ oil or comfrey on the affected area.

>

> Wash the sores at least two to four times a day by making a mixture of

> witch hazel, colloidal silver, and myrrh/turmeric root/goldenseal. This

> is one of successful bedsores remedy.

>

> Note: Adding colloidal silver and tea tree oil to any of the above

> remedies will make them allthe more effective.

>

> Disinfect the area with sprinkling goldenseal or echinacea powder. You

> should then cover it with cotton.

>

> Pure cane sugar. First, clean and disinfect the wound first, then fill

> with sugar, and cover the wound completely with gauze and tape to hold

> the sugar in and keep anything else out. Sugar feeds the tissue and

> bacteria cannot grow in the presence of sugar. The wound must be

> disinfected every day and sugar replaced in the cavity. In the event the

> bedsore is small or minor then honey used on it and covered should be

> enough. If it is deep, then the regular cane sugar we all keep in our

> homes should be used.

>

> Apply vitamin E oil all over the body to help heal existing bedsores and

> prevent future ones.

>