![]() MEDI-REHATEK has learned that a patient didn’t know how to maintain the residual limb resulting in some serious problems. We today tell you about the stump maintenance, we hope that you can learn the maintenance methods of stump and protect your stumps away from other diseases. 1. Skin care In order to keep your stump skin in good condition, every night you should do the following: ![]() (1) Use warm water and neutral soap to clean the stump skin. (2) Rinse the residual limb thoroughly , avoid soap to stimulate your skin. Do not soak the stump in warm water for a long time, because it can soften your skin and cause edema. (3) Thoroughly dry the skin, avoid hard friction and other factors that may stimulate the skin. ![]() Precautions: ①Gently massage the residual limb for several times a day , which will help reduce the sensitivity of the residual limb to increase the pressure tolerance toresidual limb ② Avoid shaving residual skin or use of detergent and skin cream, etc., because it may stimulate the skin to produce skin rashes. Relative blog: Knee disarticulation prosthesis
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