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Case Study of Leg Ulcerated

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Case Study of Leg Ulcerated

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Running head: LEG ULCERATEDLEG ULCERATEDSTUDENT NAMESTUDENT IDPROFESSOR NAMETable of content
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2LEG ULCERATEDIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Discussion........................................................................................................................................3Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7Reference list...................................................................................................................................8
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3LEG ULCERATEDIntroductionThis study is mainly focused on a 65 years old woman namely Mrs A, who is a patient of Venousleg-ulcer, is being looked after by a nurse. This essay has covered the various factors of thestated diseases, the symptoms, the effect of the diseases, and the causes of the diseases as well.In this essay, the definition of leg ulceration has been mentioned. The physical condition of thepatient and the various disease of the patient have been discussed in brief in this essay. Thehealth of the patient has also been mentioned in this essay. The various steps of managing thedisease have been mentioned in this essay.DiscussionAs per the view of NHS, the disease of Venous leg-ulcer is mainly occurred in the area ofdamaged skin below the knee of the leg and it takes more than six weeks to recover fully. Thisleg ulcer disease is one of the most common diseases among the patients of leg ulcer, almost80% to 85% of patient suffered by this disease. This is one of the most costly diseases and itneeds to do diagnose first and needs early treatment. In the case of Venous leg-ulcer, when the veins of an individual's leg fail to make the primaryfunction then it leads to the disease of Venous leg-ulcer and the various risk factors is such asdiabetes, hypersensitive, obesity can happen with the person (Tollow & Ogden, 2016). Thepossibility of this disease happens to the older than the young people. Women suffered from thisdisease rather than men. The major implication of this disease is chronic wound and it is difficultto heal easily. There are various symptoms of Venous leg-ulcer such as itching, pain, swellingand aching as well.As per the case study, Mrs A is suffering by Venous leg-ulcer. She is 65-years old woman,Venous leg-ulcer happened in her left leg and this disease has healed but her leg broken severaltimes.There are mainly four stages of managing the wounds of Mrs A. The steps to manage the woundsare such as the step of assessment, the second step is to make proper treatment of the disease, andthe third step is to review the process of progress and the final steps is to make the totalmanagement of the disease. The pain of the leg ulcer is extremely high. All the phases of healingthe wound are very important to go systematically. Being a nurse the main purpose of the learner
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