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by Dr Umang Khanna (BHMS)
Bedsores — also called pressure ulcers and decubitus ulcers — are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin. Bedsores most often develop on skin that covers bony areas of the body, such as the heels, ankles, hips, and tailbone. People most at risk of bedsores have medical conditions that limit their ability to change positions or cause them to spend most of their time in a bed or chair. Bedsores can develop over hours or days. Most sores heal with treatment, but some never heal completely. You can take steps to help prevent bedsores and help them heal.
It is used for treating Bed Sores when the skin turns bluish or blackish in appearance. The color changes are due to marked stasis of blood because of the constant pressure on the affected part. Bluishness is accompanied by marked soreness. Along with soreness, the patient may also complain of itching. In such conditions, Arnica is the ideal Homeopathic prescription to reduce blood stasis and the black or blue spots. The soreness and itching diminish with its use. Apart from these effects, Arnica also acts as a preventive medicine against pus formation that occurs in the late stages of bed sores. The patient complains of bruised and soreness in the affected part and feels like the bed is too hard to lie on.
This natural homeopathic remedy works well when the bed sores turn to gangrenous sores, with gnawing pain. It is a deep-acting medicine and has marked action on almost all the organs of the body out of which skin remains prominent. Sulfur has a marked action on the circulatory system and helps to relieve flushes of heat and treat piles wonderfully. It helps check inflammatory conditions with marked redness, congestion, and heat. It acts on the skin and helps to heal several skin lesions attended by itching and burning sensation. The use of Sulphur is also thought in cases where a well-indicated remedy fails to act.
Apis mel is an ideal natural remedy for Bed Sores where the skin appears rose-coloured. There is a marked burning sensation in the spots. The patient complains of pain in the spots and it gets worse by touch. The condition also gets worse in a warm room or from the heat of a bed. The desire is to be in the open air or uncover the affected parts to reduce the pain and burning. The pain may be of a stinging kind.
Lachesis is useful for bed sores that appear with blue strips. It has also a prominent action on the mind where it acts at a deep psychological level to manage the complaints of depression and schizophrenia. Lachesis also works on blood vessels which helps control bleeding. It helps to improve blood circulation and offers help in treating varicose veins and varicose ulcers.
Carbo veg helps in treating Bed Sores when the skin is bluish with coldness. Excessive sweat may also be present along with the coldness. The patient has bluish-coloured Bed Sores due to stagnation of blood in capillaries. Because of stagnated blood, there is imperfect oxidation, resulting in Bed Sores with a bluish tint. Apart from bluishness, coldness, and sweat, the other complaint is itching which most of the time gets worse by warmth and may also be mostly experienced towards evening time. Bleeding from the sores is also narrated by a few patients. Marked weakness forms a part of the total symptom picture.
Arsenic album is used for treating Bed Sores where ulcers have formed with discharge of an offensive character. The discharge from ulcers is extremely putrid. Pain in ulcers, especially of a burning nature, is dominantly present. The pains in the majority of cases get worse at night. Cold may also worsen the pain and burning in ulcers. The person also seems weak. It efficiently helps in clearing the putrid discharge and ulcers as well as reducing the burning pain.
Argentum nitricum acts on the skin and treats many complaints. It includes warts (small bumps on the skin caused by human papillomavirus), skin ulcers that are deep-rooted and the margins are hard, bedsores, and herpes zoster (a viral infection caused by varicella–zoster virus that causes skin blisters with pain, burning and sensitivity) are the complaints that are well indicated this remedy.
Silicea always stands out in the treatment of various medical conditions associated with the formation of pus. This homeopathic remedy is a very powerful and efficient medicine to get rid of pus discharges. It can be prescribed in all cases of Bed Sores with discharge of pus.
Hepar sulphur is the best remedy when blood oozes out along with pus from ulcers or bed sores. The pus discharge is bloody. There is extreme pain and sensitivity in the bedsores. The person needing heparsulph may also have a burning and stinging feeling in the bed sores.
Paeonia is the most efficient natural medicine for Bed Sores that show their presence on the skin covering the sacrum and coccyx. Ulcers are present with pain and sensitiveness, itching and pain in ulcers may also be felt and are effectively controlled by Homeopathic medicine Paeonia.
Pyrogen is very effective for bed sores with sepsis a very critical condition also called blood poisoning. In Sepsis, the septic or poisonous matter appears in blood and spreads to the entire body. In such cases of extreme Bed Sores where the infection has gained access to blood, this remedy is a very beneficial medicine. The patient has symptoms of increased pulse rate and high fever with shivering. The skin is cold and sweaty and there is a presence of deep ulcers with horribly offensive discharge.
Calendula is very effective as an external application for bed sores. A method for treating human pressure ulcer conditions of bedridden patients using an effective amount of the plant extract calendula officinalis L. in a topical pharmaceutical carrier selected from the group consisting of ointments, lotions, pastes, solvents, jellies, sprays, and aerosols. This remedy is present by weight from about 1.0 to 25.0%. Preferably, pressure ulcers are treated by soaking sterile dressings in a 2.5% solution of calendula in saline, and then applying such dressings to the affected area.
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