Decubitus ulcer treatment may also involve friction reduction to maintain skin health. You can reduce friction by using smooth fabrics and applying protective creams or films to the skin.

Silvadene is sometimes used off-label (for uses not approved by the FDA) to treat skin infections other than burns, including ulcers.

Understand the causes and classifications of pressure ulcers, and how to prevent them, in this learning unit for nurses.

Scientists from Chiba University in Japan and other institutions have discovered that the drug pioglitazone, commonly used to treat diabetes, may help prevent painful skin ulcers in people with ...

Skin tuberculosis causes symptoms such as skin discoloration, lesions, raised nodules, and painful ulcers. But treating the infection with antibiotics can resolve these symptoms.

Scientists from Chiba University in Japan and other institutions have discovered that the drug pioglitazone, commonly used to treat diabetes, may help prevent painful skin ulcers in people with ...

TOPLINE: A Japanese study suggests that age and higher blood pressure significantly increase the risk for skin ulcers in patients with Werner syndrome (WS), while treatment with pioglitazone may ...

Nutritional interventions at a community level may be the best way forward to both prevent and treat the "flesh-eating" skin infection Buruli ulcer in the fight against neglected tropical diseases ...