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How Can A Pressure Sore In The Lower Limb Be Treated?

Good day. My brothrr has a pressure sore under his leg. I am struggling to clear it, it has actually moved up his leg from behind the thigh to by the bum now. He sat on it the other day and unfortunately his air cusion wenr down due to a hole and now the entire area is red and swollen and hard. I ahave dealt with these sores before and used L Mesitran ointment which has worked in the past. Im at a loss now as to what i must do. The doc and nurse that used to help me have both retired so im on my own at this point. I have fucidin h cream and want to know if it will help with the redness and swelling. We live in south africa and are limited to what meds we can afford
Thu, 23 Nov 2017
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Orthopaedic Surgeon 's  Response
hi
giloing through your question I came to conclusion that your brother is unfortunately unable to mobilise
Developing pressure sore Is a common complication of prolng lying down an
best way to treat pressure sore is to frequent change in position
change your brother postition every 2 hrly
As he has developed sore and I believe it's in saccral area
( below lower back) you can make him lie down on one side of body and change to other side later
proper cleaning of sore with saline
use of air cushion
and good diet will help in healing of sores
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How Can A Pressure Sore In The Lower Limb Be Treated?

hi giloing through your question I came to conclusion that your brother is unfortunately unable to mobilise Developing pressure sore Is a common complication of prolng lying down an best way to treat pressure sore is to frequent change in position change your brother postition every 2 hrly As he has developed sore and I believe it s in saccral area ( below lower back) you can make him lie down on one side of body and change to other side later proper cleaning of sore with saline use of air cushion and good diet will help in healing of sores