Peptic ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder in which acid and digestive enzymes cause the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) to erode. A peptic ulcer ...

Allan had a heart attack in 2012 and he said even looking back that for, perhaps there were signs of the arterial problems ... obvious is that if you have ulcers or cuts that won't heal.

Any newly occurring ulcer should be referred for assessment by a vascular surgeon within 1 working day (see United Kingdom NICE guidelines [2]). If there is no facility for urgent specialist ...

Nurses hoping to reduce the rate of pressure ulcers in their hospitals are using a mannequin and self-made fake wounds to help teach colleagues about spotting and treating tissue damage in their ...

Rachael Lee, Acting Programme Manager of the National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP), discusses the challenges in wound care provision and the efforts to enhance dedicated lower limb services.

Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest organ and is a barrier to germs, injury, chemicals, and ultraviolet (UV) ...

Whenever I have a mouth ulcer, I find myself reminiscing back to the days that my mouth didn’t hurt. Those halcyon times when a cup of tea was comforting, not biting. When a packet of salt and ...

What Is an Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)? An arterial blood gas (ABG) test measures oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood. It also measures your body’s acid-base (pH) level, which is ...

and wound infections. Results: A total of 18 patients were included. The median age of the cohort was 72.0 years [interquartile range (IQR), 57.5–81.5 years], with a male-to-female ratio of 2:1. The ...

Peripheral arterial disease inhibits healing though ... William Jeffcoate, FRCP, Professor, Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham University Hospitals ...

Digital ulcers on the right middle finger and the left index toe ... as shown in the present cases and arterial wall stiffness and thickness reported in the previous studies [7-9]. Another might be ...