that is partially true but unfortunately I have been spending the last eight weeks or so running from specialist to specialists with no definitive answers! Yes I do go to wound clinic regarding a pressure ulcer near my left elbow that is now over three years old with no end in sight??
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 10:07:10 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Need help with pressure sore info. ( or how to search archives ) Pressure Sores, are a separate practice of medicine. Most doctors and hospital will outsource their patients to a Wound Clinic with skin specialist. Most Wound Clinics are not in hospital, but rather next to them or a separate location. Some may be in hospitals, but not part of the hospital. That is why wound therapy is so different in the medical practice. Similar to nutritionist, and nutrition. Best Wishes In a message dated 9/14/2010 2:44:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I'm embarrassed to reveal this, but I didn't really know the stages of a decubitus ulcer. Well, it seems that I had a stage II pressure sore a couple of weeks ago and I will tell you what I did. 1. I stayed down until the wound was a stage I that was still blanching. Then I only got up for very important things and for a few hours at that. 2. I did exactly what Steve did, but I didn't leave the legs like that all day long. Then again you have to remember my ulcer was under the testicles and had another small one on the inside of my left leg near where the buttocks and legs meet. 3. And probably one of the really great things I discovered was that bag balm can be used on this type of ulcer. We noticed some drastic improvement right after we started applying the bag balm to the wound. All in all the entire process took me about 10 days. I figure that was well worth the time, because I think if I wouldn't have been aggressive and prevention and treatment then it would have been gotten much worse quickly. > >Having said all that, if you don't see some drastic improvement in the >couple >of days, I would definitely recommend doing what Wheelchair advised. There >could definitely be considerably more problems underneath the skin. See >you >need to heed his advice. > >And I do want to thank you all for your advice when I had my problem. This >is the first time I've ever had a wound in a spot which would prevent me >from >getting up. I've had some stage II ulcers on my heels when the nurses >weren't careful at the hospital, but this was the first time I had any >problems in the area where I sit. > >Quadius > > > > >On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hello friends--- I know quadius brought up something on this issue lately >about bedsore issue--today during bowel routine my wife noticed I have a >pressure sore about a quarter in size on my lower left buttock that is >stage 2, We have only had an issue like this on my bottom, once ever >before, about a year or so ago but then it was not near as bad and only a >dime in size and healed pretty fast. ( both times we think my roho may >have >got too low) before Lori and some others on here told me about >lantaceptic >and bag balm...i know that bag balm is better to use before wound gets >open >I think. Do you guy's think cleaning with wound wash saline then >lanaceptic can heal this or know of any products that are good? ( I can >search the archives, but do not know how//? any suggestions on product >or >archive help would be appreciated !!! {Thanks so much ! Dan H. St. >Louis, >Mo. area } > >
