When I got a sore just like that, it started to go away, then broke open again twice.Both times it broke open while in the ER a month apart. The outer redness and sore is about the size of a dime, but the deep sore is about the size of a pencil eraser.
While in the hospital, they set-up a Wound Care place to send out a wound nurse to my house every morning. Then she came out every 3rd day for awhile. Anyway, they used lots of medicines on me. SilvaSorb Gel, Maxorb Extra (CMA / Alginate Dressing), Skintegrity Hydrogel. The Maxorb looks like Angel Hair, you kind of roll it up and lightly set in the wound. Not a hard pack. The other stuff is a gel goo you put on the sore and cover with a light dressing. It's used so your sore never dries out. That's not good. It should not dry out until the end. Or it can leave a big indent in the skin. And a thick scab can take longer to heal well. If your outer dressing looks wet, change it, that can cause infections. Once mine was healing well, I left it open at night and dress it when I get up. It is healed up now, but still very red. From sitting on it during the day, plus it is all new skin and meat there. It takes a long time to go away. Greg _____ I have a pressure sore on my tailbone. It's been there for four months and is about the size of a pencil eraser. I put this ointment on it that was given to me by my doctor every morning, then a bandage. I made a donut out of sheepskin that is taped on over that. I try to stay off of it as much as I can. I get in my chair to eat then lay down on the couch and then back in my chair for lunch, errands or a meeting and then I try to lay down again in the afternoon. I take the bandage off at night and let it be open to air. It looks like it's going to heal and then it just breaks open again. Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm really sick of it.
