Bed sores in the bedridden elderly are usually associated with localized long-term skin pressure, nutritional deficiencies in the body and other factors that lead to tissue ulceration and necrosis. Decubitus ulcers are also known as pressure sores and pressure ulcers.
1. Long-term local skin pressure: Because the elderly long-term bedridden, pressure on the local skin, tissues, capillaries, resulting in poor blood circulation, local tissue ulceration and necrosis phenomenon, thus forming bedsores. It is recommended to turn the bedridden elderly over, scrub and wash their bodies, and change bedding frequently.
2. Nutritional deficiencies: With age, the body slowly loses nutrients, leading to nutritional imbalance, lack of elastic tissue protection between the skin and bones, bacterial growth, and the phenomenon of bedsores. In daily life, it is recommended to eat more soybeans, eggs, milk and other foods to replenish nutrients.
Bedridden elderly people appear bedsores, should be timely under the guidance of a professional physician standardized treatment, to reduce the patient’s pain.