What Is A Bed Sore
Symptoms of pressure ulcers.
What is a bed sore. Pressure ulcers also known as pressure sores or bedsores are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue primarily caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. Cellulitis is a potentially life threatening bacterial infection of the skin from the surface to the deepest layer of skin. It s an open wound on your skin. Your risk of developing bedsores is higher if you have difficulty moving and can t change position easily while seated or in bed.
Decubitus ulcers often occur on the skin covering bony areas. Pressure ulcers also known as bedsores are localized damage to the skin and or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of usually long term pressure or pressure in combination with shear or friction. As the tailbone moves down the skin over the bone might stay in place essentially pulling in the opposite direction. You may know pressure sores by their more common name.
A decubitus ulcer is also known as a pressure ulcer pressure sore or bedsore. For example when a bed is elevated at the head you can slide down in bed. The most common sites are the skin overlying the sacrum coccyx heels and hips though other sites can be affected such as the elbows knees ankles back of.