Lying in bed with out movement (bedridden), sitting on a wheelchair or a cast used for prolonged period may cause sores. Bedsores ... if untreated Mildest stage in which only upper layer of ...

10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Bed sores can be more than debilitating ... in patients with spinal cord injury starting during the early hospitalization, affecting roughly half of the patients ...

of whom 46% developed bed sores. The patients were treated at 20 different hospitals around the country between 1996 to 2006, and their health tracked until 2016. “Pressure ulcers often develop in ...