Crying is essential for eye health. It’s a natural biological process that helps you express and process pain and emotions. And no matter how frequently you shed tears, you might be wondering if ...

What can we do to prevent skin tears in our nursing facility? Skin tears are most common in the elderly as a result of thinning of skin that occurs with age. Certain conditions, such as chronic ...

I recently saw documentation that referred to a category 2b skin tear. What does this mean? In the late 1980s, the Payne-Martin Classification System for Skin Tears was developed to provide a common ...

Aging skin decreases in elasticity, decreasing in strength, making it prone to potential tears. Fragile skin of the elderly may be more susceptible to tearing depending on medication, comorbidities, ...

Skin tears are a prevalent and challenging form of acute wound among older adults, arising primarily from the intrinsic fragility of ageing skin. As the epidermis and dermis undergo physiological ...