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Feb 26 2020

Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcer Development

Who is at Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcers?

The risk of you developing a pressure ulcer is affected by a whole host of health and environment associated factors.

In fact, more than 100 risk factors for pressure ulcers have been identified in the literature.

This means that anyone can get a pressure ulcer, although the following things can make them more likely to form:

  • Being elderly – older people are more likely to have mobility problems and have skin that is more easily damaged.
  • Being confined to bed or a chair with illness or after surgery.
  • Full or partial paralysis, reducing movement.
  • Incontinence leading to damp, irritated skin.
  • Reduced nutrition, either through a poor quality diet or low calorie intake.
  • Medical conditions that affect blood supply, make skin more fragile or cause movement problems – such as diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, kidney failure, heart failure, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease.
  • History of previous pressure injury.

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Written by Marjan Hakami · Categorized: Harvest Healthcare · Tagged: Harvest Healthcare, Pressure Ulcers, Risk Factors

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