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According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is regularly ranked among the best medical institutions in Germany! The hospital is the largest multidisciplinary medical facility, as well as a leading research and training center in Germany and Europe. The hospital is proud of i
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According to the Focus magazine, University Hospital Erlangen ranks among the best medical facilities in Germany! The hospital is one of the leading healthcare facilities in Bavaria and offers top-class medical care distinguished by the close intertwining of clinical activities with research and training of medical students. The
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According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German hospitals! As a maximum care university medical facility, the hospital guarantees patients first-class medical services combined with a respectful and human attitude. The hospital integrates all the modern options for the
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University Hospital Jena

University Hospital Jena

Overall rating8.9 / 10
According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital Jena regularly ranks among the top German medical facilities! The hospital has positioned itself as a multidisciplinary medical facility with a long history of more than 200 years. Since its foundation, the hospital has been constantly developing and modernizin
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The University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich was founded in 1834. It combines long traditions with the very latest advances in modern medicine. The medical facility includes 33 specialized departments and 20 interdisciplinary centers, where patients can receive top-class medical care in all medical fields. The hospital annuall
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University Hospital Bonn

University Hospital Bonn

Overall rating9.2 / 10
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the University Hospital Bonn ranks among the top ten medical facilities in Germany! The hospital was opened on January 1, 2001, although in fact it inherits the medical facility, which operated at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bonn. The hospital in Germany combin
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According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the HELIOS University Hospital Wuppertal ranks among the top medical facilities in Germany! The hospital rightfully enjoys the status of the maximum care medical facility and provides its high-quality services in all modern fields of medicine. The hospital operates on the basis of the
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According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf ranks among the top ten hospitals in Germany! Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena and still occupies it until today. A highly competent medical team of more than 11,000 employees takes care
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The University Hospital Oldenburg is a multidisciplinary medical complex offering top-notch services of the European standard. The hospital has 20 specialized departments, 15 highly specialized centers, and more than 10 institutes. The hospital provides services in almost all areas of modern medicine: general and abdominal surge
The University Hospital Giessen UKGM positions itself as an ultramodern medical facility with outstanding quality of medical care. The hospital presents almost all areas of medicine, ranging from ophthalmology to traumatology and dentistry. The priorities of the hospital’s activities include surgery, neurosurgery, oncology
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the Charite University Hospital Berlin occupies the first place in the rating of the top German medical facilities! The hospital is one of the largest and leading university medical complexes in Europe. The hospital in Germany provides modern diagnostics and treatment of patients, a
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the University Hospital Duesseldorf ranks among the top Germany hospitals! The hospital is an excellent example of a combination of high-quality health care, research and teaching activities. With more than 50,000 inpatients and about 300,000 outpatients every year, the hospital is
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The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center is the second largest and one of the most advanced healthcare and research facilities in Israel. It began its work in 1961, but it is still popular among the local population and attracts thousands of international patients. The multidisciplinary medical center covers an area of ​​150,000 m&s
The Medicana International Ankara Hospital is one of the leading medical centers, which belongs to the largest medical network Medicana in Turkey. The hospital incorporates all specialties of the modern medicine under one roof. It particularly focuses on bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cardiovascular surg
The Medicana International Istanbul Hospital is a modern medical institution, which provides patients with an individual approach, excellent health service and attentive care. The hospital is part of the largest Turkish network of the Medicana hospitals. Due to its long successful clinical activities, the network has won th
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According to the reputable Focus magazine, the Hospital Bogenhausen Munich ranks among the ten best medical centers in Bavaria and among the top 50 medical facilities in Germany! The medical facility is the Academic Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The modern hospital with the highest level of services annuall
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About the disease

Bedsores is a condition, also known as a pressure ulcer. It is a skin lesion, which becomes inflamed because of a number of factors. The most common factor which contributes to the development of bedsores is friction caused by a long-term immobility of a person. Paralysis, injuries, which require constant bed rest and old age can contribute to the development of bedsores.The part of body which is affected by these conditions is always unpredictable, as bedsores can appear on the arms, legs, buttocks, or belly. Knees and elbows, nonetheless, are the most affected parts of the body. Although bedsores are treatable, they can cause serious complications if left unnoticed. In some cases they can be fatal. The biggest complication is the sustained blood circulation to the affected parts of the body, where bedsore appear. In case a part of the body does not receive necessary amount of a blood flow, it becomes in danger of necrosis, which is a death of a tissue. Another danger is an infection which a person can easily contract through the bed sore.

According to an American site Medical News Today, on average 5% develops bed sore during their stay in the hospital, if it lasts several weeks. The main danger of bedsores is that they rarely cause any pain to a patient, because they have reduced sensation. In such case, a nurse or a doctor needs to regularly examine patient's skin for the signs of possible bedsores. 

Symptoms

  • Sores on the skin, which do not heal
  • Weight loss
  • Incontinence
  • Reduced sensation

Diagnosis

During general examination, doctor will examine patient's skin. Sores are usually easy to identify and they have very pronounced appearance which rarely leaves any doubts in diagnosis. 

Blood tests and urinalysis are in some cases ordered to rule out the possibility of an infection and to determine if bedsores caused development of any infectious process in the body.  

Treatment

Conservative treatment includes prescription of special oral antibiotics, which would prevent development of infection in the blood, dressing of the wound, constant repositioning of the patient and debridement of the tissue if it is dead and needs to be removed immediately. It usually takes some time to completely heal the bed sore and prevent appearance of new sores. Special mattress and bed may also be used to always keep a patient in the right position and to prevent infection.

Plastic skin repair is a surgery used to clean the wound, where the sore is, prevent infection and then use a flap reconstruction by covering the wound with a tissue taken from another part of the body. Such plastic repair is also used to improve the appearance of the sore.

Authors: Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova, Dr. Sergey Pashchenko