New, alternative treatments for bedsores: Early intervention, thorough hygiene, and vigilant monitoring improves outcomes.
At a New York medical center, a new program aims to prevent small problems from getting out of control.
Confined to a wheelchair with spina bifida, a disease that causes damage to the spinal cord and a lifetime of complications, 22-year-old Cyniya Daniels must constantly battle one of the most daunting of the complications: chronic wounds from pressure ulcers caused by her immobility
But thanks to an innovative program at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York City, Ms. Daniels's wounds are carefully monitored with a comprehensive approach that includes preventive screening, early detection and aggressive treatment, both from doctors and nurses at the center's wound clinic and from medical staff who visit her at home.
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