What causes a chronic wound?
While underlying causes of chronic wounds vary from patient to patient, they tend to occur in patients with poor blood circulation, diabetes, or for other reasons related to a patient’s condition. Pressure ulcers (sometimes called ‘bed sores’), for example, can develop in nursing home patients who are confined to bed, and can evolve into chronic wounds. Likewise, for a person with diabetes, a simple foot blister may result in a chronic open sore, serious infection, gangrene, and may even require amputation.
