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English term

wet legs

English to Romanian Other Medical (general)
High exudate level (“wet legs”)
Signs of damaged periwound skin: maceration, excoriation

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If the skin surrounding the wound becomes wet with exudate, this can cause excoriation of the area (Benbow and Stevens, 2010), which can cause pain and discomfort.
https://lohmann-rauscher.co.uk/downloads/clinical-evidence/E...

Dacă rana e pe picior, poate se referă efectiv la picioare ude.

n this study, three patients presented with so-called ‘wet legs’. This problem occurs if the volume of interstitial fluid in the limb exceeds its capacity to retain it. This may be complicated if there is a breach in skin integrity or an infection, and which can result in gross swelling, blistering and leakage of interstitial fluid onto the skin.31 The symptoms arising from ‘wet legs’ can have a significant impact on a patient’s QoL; excessive exudate levels that are inadequately managed can lead to problems including malodour, reduced mobility and soiling of clothes, footwear, bedding and furniture.27 Reduced mobility and the potential embarrassment these symptoms can cause to the patient can lead to social isolation.31,32 Anecdotal evidence has indicated that some patients have been treated with nappies as there was no alternative treatment for managing the extremely high levels of exudate. For ‘wet legs’, a dressing needs to absorb and retain exudate, so that fluid does not leak back onto the skin.33 Therefore, superabsorbent dressings that have a greater absorption capacity than foam dressings should be used on these types of wet wounds.18 The data from this study shows that the SAP dressing was very effective in managing such wounds.
file:///C:/Users/alx/AppData/Local/Temp/2018SimonBobservationalstudysuperabsorbentpolymerdressingevaluatedcliniciansandpatientsEN.pdf

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Note added at 8 ore (2021-05-17 06:00:13 GMT)
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Deci da, pare că picioarele sunt efectiv umede de la exsudat.
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