A 40-year-old member asked:
What do bed sores look like?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 58 years experience
ULCERATION SKIN: There is loss of superficial skin in earlier vstages, than there is loss os of soft tissue and in severe cases all the way to the bone.See the images.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
What are bed sores and what do they really look like?
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Dr. Robert Kelleranswered
Emergency Medicine 41 years experience
Skin breakdown: Bedsores are areas where the skin is damaged from lack of oxygen. The skin dies and forms an ulcer. In short, the blood supply is altered. Infection can then set in.
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Last updated Feb 27, 2014
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