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Bed or pressure sores Report

Bedsores, more properly known as pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are lesions caused by many factors such as: unrelieved pressure; friction; humidity; shearing forces; temperature; age; continence and medication; to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas.


What we've learned from patients who report Bed or pressure sores

Symptom severities

Moderate
 1
Mild
 4

Report created on February 11, 2012.