Articles - Skin Sores en-us http://www.thescizone.com/info N/A http://www.thescizone.com/info webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/406/1/PROGRESSION-OF-SKIN-SORES/Page-1.html    A skin sore begins as a red area on the skin. This reddened area may or may not feel hard and/or hot. If you have black skin, the area may appear shiny instead of red. At this stage, the progression is reversible. You must remove all pressure from this area until the skin returns to its normal color.      If pressure is not removed, a blister, pimple or scab may quickly form over the hard red area of the skin. This hard red area of skin means that the tissue underneath is dying. At this point, remove all pressure over the area and consult your physician.      In the next stage, a hole or ulcer forms in the dead tissue. Frequently, this dead tissue is small on the skin surface, but large in the deeper tissues. This damaged tissue may extend all the way to the bone.      And finally, there is infection and destruction of the underlying bone. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/404/1/CAUSES-OF-SKIN-SORES/Page-1.html Causes     Because your blood flows more slowly after SCI, your healing ability is reduced. In addition, your skin cannot tolerate as much pressure as before. Your skin can now tolerate a minute amount of pressure for a long time, but it can only tolerate great pressure for a short time before the circulatory system is disrupted and a pressure or skin sore results.     The decrease in circulation and lower tolerance for pressure is further aggravated by the lack of sensation after SCI. This lack of sensation means there is no longer a feedback mechanism to tell you that there is a problem - that you have been sitting too long without moving or that you have injured yourself, for example. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400