Does anyone have any recommendations for expediting the healing of a troublesome pressure sore?


Please Advise.




Thanks,
Dana

Eat alot of Protein...

The best way to heal a pressure sore is to stay off it completely for as long as it takes. Not the most exciting of options however. Get the advive of an experienced wound care nurse about dressing etc and get it swabbed to make sure it is not infected. If it is infected you will need to clear that first before it will even think about healing.

Look in the Spinal Cord Injury Health Issues Forums under SKIN CARE. You'll find many skin related threads that deal with this topic, and quite possibly where you should have put this one. In fact I noticed this is a few days old, so here's hoping you've already found what your looking for.

But, if you haven't, 2 words . . . . Wound Vac. Many swear by it, and if I'd had proper care, I may not have needed flap surgery.

Thanks, I am still trying to navigate my way around here. : )

Ah, the joys of having a great big ol' hole in yer ass right where it doesn't belong.

Some here say unpasteurized honey.

Hello Dana,
Sorry to hear about your sore.I received those sores and went through the Wound Clinic for 2 years and nothing seemed to work.
Hyperbaric Chamber,Wound Vac,Skin Graft,etc.Then I read about Miracle Mist and that healed the wounds.
Good Luck on your healing process.
Philip

http://www.healthylifeandtimes.com/

you must ask your wound care giver about Apigraph.
My husband had a sore for 2 months...after the Apigraph with in weeks it was filling in and healing.
its a skin graph that is made out of newborn baby boy foreskin.
the mother goes through screening before donation.
let us know how it works for ya! good luck

I don't have pressure sore since I acquired the injury, but I had multiple pressure sores resulting from burn when i make a trip to vietnam. It was a cold winter night, I put a coal stove under my bed to heat my room, unfortunately I set the heat to high and burned all over my butt. after that we used western medicine for routine care everyday for six months but no help, then my family suggested to use this ingredient "calophyllum inophyllum". It is a natural medicine that boosts healing and antiseptic. After I had used for a WEEK, I saw a big result, the ulcer had closed the gap.
Google the web for that stuff. this stuff sells over the place at drug stores in vietnam. they called "Mu U" oil. the above name that i gave you is Latin name. english name is Tamanu Oil.
hope that help

website that sells this thing http://www.minhtamvietnam-japan.com/

Though this is a couple months old, and hopefully you have found what you need, here is what I have done.

To avoid serious surgery methods, I agree 1000% with what was said before, get a Wound Vac. It's and easy to use system, and can easily be done by you to help treat the wound, rather than relying on a Home nurse. First off though, where was the wound? If it was on his buttocks area, I suggest looking for a different cushion. 99% of ulcers on the buttocks are caused by improper cushion inflating, or just poor cushion design. Everyone is different, so we all need different types of seating. When I first had my accident, the doctors and therapists swore by using a Roho high profile cushion. And all I had was constant ulcer issues. I had some mapping done to shows high pressure areas, and tested 2 or 3 different cushions during the mapping. I found for myself, a J2 gel cushion works great for me. I switched to the J2 back in 1997, and haven't had a single issue since. Not a thing. If it is his buttock getting the ulcers, buttocks, hips, back of his upper thighs, talk to a therapist or doctor about having his entire sitting area of his body mapped. THis will see where he is getting the most pressure, and you can then test cushions while mapping to find which best suits his body.

If he is having the ulcer issues on his back, tailbone, pressure points from sleeping/lying down, get a pressure relief gel overlay for his bed. What it is, is a memory foam mattress pad with gel inserts in it to relive pressure. It will help a lot. Even for pressure ulcers caused on his buttocks from sitting, a pressure relief mattress will aid greatly in healing.

If he is having issues with ulcers on his feet or heels as I have been dealing with the past couple years, see about having his chair adjusted or modified to take some of the weight off his feet. Of if possible get the foot pedals replaced. If he is having feet/heel issues, he can get protective, wool lined boots that will completely protect his feet while in his chair to aid in healing. They are basically made out of an aluminum and fiberglass frame, custom fit to his feet and calfs, and then inside this frame there is a wool lined boot which holds the foot, with the heel area being completely open. They work great while in your chair. And while he is in bed, you can get small protective wool lined ones that cover the heel. Use those, and put pillows under his calfs to keep his heels off the bed.

But for anything on the buttock or upper legs, if the area is big enough and deep enough, get a Wound V.A.C.(Vacuum Assisted Closure). They work excellent, and can cut the healing time down a lot., by at least half. Do everything you can to avoid surgical procedures. Once the wound has gotten too small or too shallow to use a V.A.C. on, I suggest using Calcium Algenate with Mepilex dressings. Clean the wound with a 4x4 saturated with sterile water and Hibiclens antiseptic/antimicrobial skin cleanser, gently wiping it down, then pat dry with a dry 4x4. Always clean separate wounds with separate 4x4's, don't clean them all with just the one. Cleanse each area individually.

Hopefully by now he has gotten the wounds to heal. If not, hope the advice based on things I been through helps.