MEDICAL (Institutions, nursing homes, home care)
The most common causes of skin lesions are aging in combination with moist, friction and shearing forces, hurting against hard object, itching (eczema, intertrigo, psoriasis ) and pressure.
Skin in Trouble
The human skin is very resistant to harmful factors but sometimes lesions can appear. Most common lesions are: pressure sores, skin tears, cutting lesions, abrasions and blisters.
Depending on your actual living situation, ‘skin at risk’ can potentially result in different kind of skin lesions.
AT HOME (Households)
The most common causes of skin lesions are: friction, cuts, grazes and deformations of the foot.
The most common causes of skin lesions are: friction, moist ( sweat ) and abrasions hard object.