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Treatment: Treatment of pressure ulcer starts by identifying and managing the underlying cause. Relieving pressure by changing position and using pressure relieving mattresses or cushion is important for healing. The treatment of a pressure ulcer depends on the stage of the ulcer. When the skin is intact, removing the pressure…

Also knows as bedsores, pressure sores and decubitus ulcers. Are areas of skin and underlying tissue damage that happens when the skin and underlying tissue over a bony prominence is compressed between that bony prominence and an external surface for a prolonged period of time, the unrelieved pressure on the…