Can you get a pressure ulcer from sitting on your butt all day studying?

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I was sitting for hours yesterday, and now my butt hurts. Can you get a decubitous ulcer from this?

 

[sunshinefl]

I was sitting for hours yesterday, and now my butt hurts. Can you get a decubitous ulcer from this?

Yes. Shift your weight, stand up and stretch.

 

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[libertyyne]

You better log roll yourself x2 each shift, and dont forget to document .

It is extremely unlikely that a healthy 20 something who is mobile, and does not have any other underlying pathology is going to develop a pressure ulcer. If you do develop one, you should submit a case report to journal.

 

[Angus Avagadro]

Put a pillow on your chair

 

[deleted407021]

Hypothetically yeah, but healthy ambulatory people shift their weight about enough without noticing it to allow the tissue to perfuse. This is why we don’t get them sleeping at night. Definitely get up and move around regularly though.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

Id be more concerned about dvt prophylaxis

Granted both are ridiculous but you’re more likely to get a dvt than a decubitus ulcer

OP, are you going to use sequential compression devices on your legs or inject yourself with heparin or Lovenox subQ?

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

You better log roll yourself x2 each shift, and dont forget to document .

It is extremely unlikely that a healthy 20 something who is mobile, and does not have any other underlying pathology is going to develop a pressure ulcer. If you do develop one, you should submit a case report to journal.

 

[Planes2Doc]

Can you at least make it to the bathroom without any dyspnea on exertion?

 

[mehc012]

I was sitting for hours yesterday, and now my butt hurts. Can you get a decubitous ulcer from this?

Nah, but I did steal one of those air filled butt-cushions from the supply room at the hospital to use during Step 1 study. No regrets.

 

[Moose A Moose]

No

 

[tyrsa]

Also don't forget about stress ulcers from all that stress

 

[JP2740]

I would get orthostatic symptoms in medicine school after a few months of constant studying and nothing else

 

[Psai]

Nah, but I did steal one of those air filled butt-cushions from the supply room at the hospital to use during Step 1 study. No regrets.

Wait what

Pics

 

[VincentAdultman]

What did I just read

 

[mehc012]

Wait what

Pics

I put a nice soft pillowcase on it and called it good. Definitely kept the butt cheeks from falling asleep, but if you sat on it crooked it did have a tendency to tilt you, though.

 

[DokterMom]

If you don't have a really good desk chair, buy one!

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

There are the donut things you get for people with coccyx pain. I recommend.


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[Winged Scapula]

I got olecranon bursitis once during a long boring board review course.

My elbow looked like Popeye's.

 

[mehc012]

There are the donut things you get for people with coccyx pain. I recommend.


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My butt has plenty of donut padding on it...or is that a different phenomenon altogether?

 

[Scrubs101]

Ulnar nerve neuropathy is the real achilles heel of studying all day


That and gaining 15lbs

 

[Black Coffee 24/7]

I was sitting for hours yesterday, and now my butt hurts. Can you get a decubitous ulcer from this?

That will depend on your BMI and your pain tolerance baseline.

 

[sunshinefl]

Ulnar nerve neuropathy is the real achilles heel of studying all day


That and gaining 15lbs

I have serious ulnar nerve neuropathy, and right thumb neuropathy (I’m a read-write learner and hold my pen against my thumb rather than more toward the tip of the fingers and thumb which apparently is the right way. I realized I held my pen awkwardly by middle school but it was already too late to retrain.)

 

[ohmanwaddup]

Get checked for a pilonidal cyst. I got one from sitting non stop post surgery. If you have one get it treated ASAP. my flare ups hurt more than muscle spasms post knee surgury

 

[kraskadva]

Ulnar nerve neuropathy is the real achilles heel of studying all day


That and gaining 15lbs

I have serious ulnar nerve neuropathy, and right thumb neuropathy (I’m a read-write learner and hold my pen against my thumb rather than more toward the tip of the fingers and thumb which apparently is the right way. I realized I held my pen awkwardly by middle school but it was already too late to retrain.)

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was starting to think I was venturing into med-student-syndrome land...

 

[sunshinefl]

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was starting to think I was venturing into med-student-syndrome land...

Haha no the entrapment neuropathy secondary to studying is real.