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reported to cause feelings of disgust and self-loathing, which can lead to social isolation
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Inadequate dressings can lead to leakage and may be bulgy and uncomfortable, and impair
the patient’s mobility.
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Maceration
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Maceration occurs when healthy
skin is in contact with moisture
(e.g. wound fluid, sweat, urine)
for prolonged periods, which can
cause the skin to become soft/soggy.
It presents as a pale, opaque rim
surrounding the wound.
Excoriation
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Excoriation occurs when periwound
skin is in contact with toxins from
excess wound exudate for prolonged
periods, which can strip the top layers
and erode healthy periwound skin.
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J Invest Dermatol
559–64
2. Best Practice Statement (2013)
Effective exudate management.
Wounds UK, London
3. Lawton S, Langoen A (2009)
WorldWide Wounds.
Online at: www.worldwidewounds.
com/2009/October/Lawton-Langoen/vulnerable-skin-2.html
4. Herber OR, SchneppW, Rieger MA (2007)
Health Qual Life Outcomes
44
5. Jones JE, Robinson J, Barr W, Carlisle C (2008)
Nurs Standard
53–8
