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Where can you get pressure sores?
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Dependent areas: Pressure sores can occur on the buttocks, heel of the foot and rarely on the back of the head in a bed bound person.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Anywhere: Anywhere unrelieved pressure is applied to the body but this is more likely over boney prominences.
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