Regardless of the level of damage to the various skin layers, each wound, acute or chronic, requires appropriate care and management. In effect, the slightest breakage in the skin exposes the human body to bacterial contamination and therefore to a risk of infection.
To help you manage your wound, follow this advice:
What is a diabetic foot ulcer? Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the major complications of diabetes. Between 19 and 34% of all diabetics will develop a foot ulcer at some point in their lives1. Often underestimated, or even unrecognised by the patients affected, it can lead to complications such as an infection requiring hospitalisation, …
What is a leg ulcer? Leg ulcers are skin lesions arising from bad blood circulation into the veins and/or the arteries. They affect 1 in 1001 people, mainly women, and up to 3% of the over 65s2. These ulcers can take a long time to heal and need to be taken seriously as soon as …
Contact with hot drinks, food, fats and cooking oils was the most common cause of thermal injuries however explosions, chemical burns, contact with fire, smoke or flames and exposure to light and radiations can also cause burns. All burns require immediate first aid treatment. Burns can lead to functional, aesthetic and psychological effects. If there …
What is epidermolysis bullosa? In patients with EB the skin blisters and peels at the slightest touch. Living with EB has been likened to living with third degree burns. when the blisters, which are often on the feet and hands and sometimes mucous membranes (mouth, genital areas) burst they leave raw skin which is difficult …
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