The Importance Of Pressure Ulcer

Nowadays, pressure ulcer has getting broaden and affect the community especially among older generation that gives difficulties and pain to the patient. They probably have a hard time on doing daily activities and could not join community activities. Thus, as a member of health sciences, we have a big responsibility to provide the treatment so that the disease would be cure. Pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer, bedsore and pressure sore shares the same meaning. The wounds that expand which will damage the skin by providing constant pressure and friction on it are a pressure sores. This decubitus ulcer is an open wound that will expose our bone or muscles. The people who bedridden, or have other mobility problems, unconscious and senseless of …show more content…
So, our blood supply flow will be interrupted and blocked by this pressure. Then, the oxygen and nutrients supply by red blood cell to the certain area of body will be disturbed. Other than that, the ulcer developed may infected by bacteria because their skin does not received infection-fighting white blood cell due to the interrupted blood supply. Finally, it will lead to unhealthy skin and becomes damaged. As we speak of epidemiology of pressure ulcer, the major problem for the patients is being unable to make movement from a place to another because of this pressure ulcer illness plus old ages. Another cause of pressure ulcer is the bony part of body having less padding due to weight loss. When pressure is applied to some area, the blood supply is disturbed by action of being only in the bed or sitting on the chair. Furthermore, a poor diet could be one of the causes to pressure ulcer. Lastly, we need to care about our body fluid which is why we are advised to take adequate amount of water because dehydration could drive us to pressure