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 Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
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[color=blue][/color] I am dealing with my fourth pressure sore and I've had it for over a year now. I have not had much luck with my doctors finding a way to close it. I've tried two different wound vacs and no change at all. My sore is on my right leg right in the area where a woman's underwear line would be. So, it's in a very odd place and it's not something I want to learn to live with, which is something I've been told is a possibility .
Does anyone know of any new treatments out there for wounds that are deep and tunnel?
Tiffany
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| Posted Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
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Hi Tiffany,
Here is a website you may want to check out.
http://www.medicaledu.com/
Wound Care Information Network
The Wound Care Information Network is the premiere Internet site for free and unbiased wound care information.
PVA also has a Consumer Guide called: Pressure Ulcers: What You Should Know
http://www.pva.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8097
Craig Hospital also has a Spinal Cord Injury Nursing Advice Line you can call. This service provides a dedicated nurse to answer non-emergent calls Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
1-800-247-0257
Hope this provides some helpful information.
Take Care,
Jenn
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| Posted Friday, September 03, 2010 |
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Hi Tiffany,
It has been my experience that primary doctors for the most part do not have a clue. You need to look at your insurance policy to see what wound care is offered. My husband and I had to go through many dead ends before we found the proper care. We had a nurse practitioner come to the house and he healed ithe sore within a couple of months. Do not give up and do not leave it to the primary doctor. You might need an oxygen chamber type of therapy. I forget what it is called but, please look into it. Good luck
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| Posted Saturday, September 11, 2010 |
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Hi Tiffany,
The oxygen chamber Paris 85 is talking about is the hyperbaric chamber, I have a wound that tunnels and my doctor is getting ready to do a muscle flap to close it in.
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