Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) stage 2 involves abscesses, tunneling wounds, and scarring. Various treatments, including lifestyle changes and medications, can help prevent the condition from worsening ...

Pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin or the soft tissue under the skin. Healthcare professionals also call them “bedsores” and “decubitus ulcers.” They occur with long lasting pressure on a ...

Long-term care communities can reduce costs and staff time required to care for people who have pressure ulcers by using wound-specific oral nutritional supplements (WS-ONS), a new study finds. The ...

Why does the wound physician want to change an unstageable wound to a stage 3? An unstageable pressure injury is defined as a wound that is covered by a surface layer of either slough or eschar that ...

Pressure ulcers may develop in any area of the body. However, areas with the most pressure are often at a higher risk. Patients admitted to nursing homes with an acute or long term illness and those ...

Healthcare providers may be able to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by using a real-time continuous bedside pressure measurement (CBPM) system that lights up in colors ...

The skin epidermis is a stratified epithelium that acts as a barrier protecting the animals against infections, trauma and water loss 1. When the skin barrier is disrupted, a cascade of cellular and ...