Question 1

what are ways to avoid and treat bedsores and pressure sores?

Accepted Answer

Offload the ulcer: To avoid pressure ulcers: keep skin clean and dry, keep bedding fresh and cool and rotate positions in bed at least every two hours.
Use barrier creams for incontinence problems.
To treat: offload the pressure area, clean the ulcer and cover it with a dressing suited to the level of drainage.

Question 2

what supplies do i need to treat a bed sore?

Accepted Answer

Bed sore: This type of wound requires the expertise of a wound care team. Without knowing any further information, it is difficult to say exactly what is needed. Bed sores, at the very least, require that pressure is relieved off of the site.

Question 3

how do you treat a head bed sore?

Accepted Answer

Wound care: Pressure relief, wound cleansings, moist dressings, debridement and antibiotics as indicated by a wound care specialist.

Question 4

how do you treat a 'bed sore' that is open and penetrating the muscle?

Accepted Answer

Surgically: This needs to be addressed by reconstructive surgeon. This can not be treated medically.

Question 5

what are some ways you can cure or treat a bed sore and will the treatment cause pain in the buttocks region?

Accepted Answer

The bed sores: Are painful.  Treating them will take the pain away.

Question 6

what are bedsores?

Accepted Answer

Skin breakdown: Bed sores are areas of skin breakdown, usually over the sacrum or hip. Also called pressure sores, or decubitus ulcers, they are caused by pressure, usually in bedridden or wheel chair bound individuals.

Question 7

what is pulmonia is that treatable?

Accepted Answer

Pneumonia: Bacterial and fungal pneumonias are treatable but primary viral pneumonias are often resistant to treatments like antibiotics or antiviral medications.

Question 8

what is the most common method of treating bedsores once they develop?

Accepted Answer

Rx of Pressure Ulcer: Careful attention to pressure relief and pressure redistribution is the key to treating pressure ulcers. Contact your local wound care center or wound care trained nurses at your local hospital for further suggestions. Sometimes having evaluations by home health nurses is an excellent avenue to assessing pressure redistribution devices.

Question 9

is vittiligo actually treatable?

Accepted Answer

Yes: This is a tough disease, but some people respond to treatments such as topical steroids, Protopic ointment, phototherapy, and excimer laser. You should be evaluated for other autoimmune diseases as they can often go together.  See a dermatologist.

Question 10

is tortecollis treatable? and what causes tortecollis?

Accepted Answer

Yes: There many causes for torticollis, congenital muscular torticollis, acquired torticollis, spasmodic torticollis, acquired torticollis in infants. Most of those are treatable by treating the underline cause of the torticollis.

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