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Friday July 23, 2010 10:06 AM
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Hi, guys
my mom after her 1 week at the hospital had a bed sore on her butt.
it was treated and it seemed not to big a deal.
but yesterday when i came and looked at her butt, i got horrified.
this sore is in the middle, does not look too bad, but the whole butt(sorry) is all red, like horrible rash which all got together in one raised red spot.
i don't know how else to describe that.
i raised hell in rehab. doctor told me after exemining her again, that it has been treated, that it is all the same thing: bed sore ...not like rash is separate thing.
today she will be seen by wound specialist.
they apply some cream, don't remember the name, but we will see what will be prescribed today by this specialist.
it looks worse than she feels, she does not seem to experiense very bad discomfort.
i just want to know what works better among remedies. i have read a lot on internet, but i don't know what is true and what is not...
i know that pressure has to be taken from this spot...she still has to sit on her butt some time during the day(they don't let there to be in bed for too long).
please advice, thank you, m.
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God help us, m.
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rzxq2y
Posts: 1612
Joined: Jun 2009
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Tuesday July 27, 2010 10:20 PM
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Hi, Pam, hope that the nurse has seen Dave. Bed sores should be treated as soon as possible.
Hi, all, usin saline solution to clean the wound is about the only thing in common from different people that I talked to. Last year when my wife got an bed sore in the hospital after her surgery, the only things the rehab nurse did were cleaning the wound with saline solution and protect it with a sticky dressing. The treatment went well. This time, my nurse neighbor basically suggested the same.
Some pharmacists suggest to treat the wound area with the cream for diaper rash and cover the area with a non-stick pad. Some pharmacists suggest using the stick dressing, like DuoDerm. As Charles said, there are different things to try. If one approach does not work, try a different one.
I did get some bad advice from the pharmacist that sold me rge DuoDerm. They come in 4"x4" pads and my wife needs only about qurater the size. Each pad therefore can be cut in 4 for her use. But the pharmacist told me that the pads cannot be cut, which is not true.
Hi, Charles, hope that your wife's wound is getting better. When I changed the DueDerm pad for my wife, I did not peel off any of her skin. But I had almost the opposite problem. When I peel off the pad, the gum like adhesive came off the pad and stuck to her healthy skin. It is messy and I had a hard time removing it. Her wound seems to be healing. I will have to see if it is really the case next time I change the pad again.
Best Regards,
Min-Shih
Edited: Tuesday July 27, 2010 at 10:21 PM by rzxq2y
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Star1
Posts: 301
Joined: Sep 2008
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Thursday July 29, 2010 9:02 AM
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The wound care nurse was here yesterday. She said the reddness and rash, and sore is due to fungus, probably because of the constant diarrhea. I had already been putting anti-fungal cream on him because I always used it for diaper rash when my son was small. She complimented me and the aid for the good care we have been giving him, and she said she was surprised at how well his skin looked for as much as he's been sick and laying in bed! I told her that as soon as we see anything we jump right on it. She left us with some more creams, a spray bottle of some sort of lotion, a spray bottle of a cleaning solution and some powder to keep things dry. She said will be back on Friday to re-check.
I feel better now that the nurse came to look at him. I am always worried about something like a bed sore getting out of control. I guess I never want anyone to say I didn't take good care of him.
He still has diarrhea, and now he is bleeding again. I wish someone could tell me what is wrong with him. Back in April when he went to the hospital with pancreatitis and gallbladder attack, he was bleeding. They gave him a colonoscopy and found an ulcer between the large intestine and small intestine, they figured this was causing the bleeding. He also had a bacterial infection called campylobactor, they said this was also causing the bleeding. Last week when he was in the hospital they didn't find anything, not even the gallbladder problems! Meanwhile, he still has diarrhea every couple of hours, and now he is starting to bleed again.
It's frustrating not knowing what is wrong. We see the doctor tomorrow. Pam.
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