What is the appearance of the skin at risk of tissue damage or skin that has developed pressure sores?

Answer 1

there are 4 stages in a pressure. sore. they are caused from lack of blood flow to a certain area of skin. stage one starts to turn red and gets soft. stage two will start breaking down the first layer of the skin. stage three, you will notice the skin being eaten away ,as you could say, like a spider bite almost without the look of the bite on top. Stage Five means there are more then 3 layers of the skin that the sore has broken down to. that is when it gets very hard to heal. A person can develop a pressure sore in as little as two hours depending on their circulation. Once they start they can break down very quickly so it is important to keep a person turned off of the same area every two hours if possible.