PRESSURE SORES (BED SORES) – IMPORTANT SECTION
It is very important for you to read this section carefully if you can’t move around freely and easily, whether or not you are confined to bed. You don’t have to be in bed to get bed sores, which is why I prefer the name of pressure sores.
Pressure sores are nearly always preventable—you are not likely to get any if you, and the people caring for you, understand what causes them and how to prevent them. You are in danger of developing pressure sores whenever you stay in the same position for many hours at a time, especially if you have lost a lot of weight. This is because when weight is taken by any part of you where there is very little tissue between the skin and the bone, the circulation to that part may be cut off. It’s not only your backside that is in danger. Pressure sores can develop on hips, knees, ankles, elbows, and even the back of the head—anywhere where there is bone very close to the skin.
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