Decubitus ulcers caused by bedridden elderly people are usually caused by pressure factors, nutritional status, and decreased local skin resistance, etc. Therefore, the common treatment methods include relieving the pressure that causes decubitus ulcers, surgical treatments, general treatments, and increasing the body’s nutrition.
1. Relieving pressure that causes bedsores: For bedsores caused by localized skin pressure due to prolonged confinement in bed for the elderly, it is possible to improve local blood circulation and promote the repair of bedsores by turning the patient over diligently, changing the patient’s position, localized massage, and the use of air mattresses to reduce the localized skin compression.
2. Wound treatment: After the occurrence of bedsores, it is necessary to maintain skin hygiene and cleanliness, change medication regularly, remove all kinds of secretions on the wound, and reduce skin irritation and other treatments. You can also use external decompression dressings, epidermal cell growth factor gel and other treatments. Surgery can be performed if necessary.
3. Treatment of underlying diseases: Older people with decubitus ulcers often suffer from a variety of underlying diseases, such as cerebral infarction, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, etc., in the treatment of decubitus ulcers at the same time also need to be treated and controlled, and improve the nutritional status of the decubitus ulcers can be promoted to wound healing.
When bedsores are caused in the elderly, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to check the exact extent and treat the condition to avoid delays.