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Pressure Wounds Can Lead To Serious Health Problems

Reported by Dana Lynn McIntyre

WJBF NewsCHANNEL 6

Monday, October 11, 2004

Augusta - Actor Reeve's death brings a common medical

problem into the spotlight.

" Pressure wounds " are commonly referred to as " bed sores. "

Tony Cato, a patient at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, is confined to a

wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis.

His wheelchair is equipped with a special cushion, and he uses foam wedges

in bed, to help relieve pressure on his skin.

But Cato, from Aiken, South Carolina, knows the best way to help prevent

pressure wounds lies in his own hands.

" You need to move, get into re-hab.  Do everything possible.  Some days

people will tell you what you need to do and you'll say, I can't.  But you've

got

to try, to do all you can do.

Nationwide, nearly one-and-a-half billion dollars is spent treating pressure

wounds, each year.

 

 

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