Bedsores can lead to severe medical complications including bone and blood infections, and scar carcinoma, a kind of cancer that develops in scar tissue.
Immediate medical attention is required to prevent bedsores from deepening into infections that are more serious. For the sufferers of mild bedsores, treatment involves relieving pressure, keeping the wound clean and moist, and keeping the area around the ulcer clean and dry. Use Saline solution to cleanse the wound whenever you apply a fresh non-stick dressing because antiseptics, harsh soaps, and other skin cleansers can damage new tissues.
In a procedure called debridement, dead tissues or other debris are removed from the wound. Deep, bedsores that do not respond to other therapy may require skin grafts, plastic surgery or maggot therapy.
Maggot therapy is a biosurgery, larval therapy, or maggot debridement therapy, is a carefully controlled, artificially induced benign myiasis, in which the medical practitioner aims to take advantage of the ability of maggots to break down and ingest infected or necrotic tissue.
Medicinal maggots perform three actions:
- They debride (clean) wounds by dissolving the dead (necrotic), infected tissue;
- They disinfect the wound, by killing bacteria; and
- They stimulate wound healing.
Medical Sheepskins always known for comfort is particularly friction-free due to soft, natural fibers that reduce pressure on the skin. Sheepskin padding is durable and reduces moisture on the skin.
Other treatments
- Calendula cream can also be used
- Infection-fighting antibiotics
- Special dressings
- Drying agents
- Warm whirlpool treatments for sores on the arm, hand, foot, or leg can be effective
- Transplanting healthy skin to the wound area
