1. A good, nourishing diet with plenty to drink will guard against pressure sores. 2. At his and other centers, patients get help with such common problems as pain control, pressure sores, spasms, bladder function, sexuality and reproduction. 3. Inspectors also found other residents with open pressure sores and one lying in urine in bed. 4. Patients without a sense of pain or pressure do not notice burns, cuts or bruises, or attend to the pressure sores caused by the disease. 5. Pressure sores, or bedsores, can develop quickly in immobile patients and sometimes indicate neglect. 6. The report cited cases of residents who had suffered amputations for pressure sores, untreated falls and accidents, and severe malnutrition and dehydration. 7. He refused to allow hospital staff to turn Babic to prevent pressure sores and, initially, to provide painkillers, despite his former girlfriend complaining of pain. 8. Inventor Max Rogmans combined air and water mattresses to provide paraplegics and the bedridden with better protection against pressure sores, the international jury found. |