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Common Areas For Bed Sores
Are bed sores on the heels common?
Yes. Call them what you’d like bed sore, pressure sores or decubitus ulcer on heels are the second most common area for bed sores to develop (after the buttock or coccyx area). Particularly in the bed-bound population, patients are susceptible to developing bed sores on their heels due to the inherent bony prominences and thin [...]
... more »What areas of the body are prone to develop bed sores?
Bed sores can develop in any area of the body where pressure is continually applied without relief. Most frequently, we see bed sores in areas of the body that bear a majority of a person’s body weight when they sit or lay in one position for long periods of time such as:
Buttocks
Sacrum
Heels
Back
In addition predominate weight-bearing [...]
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