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Nutrition for People With Pressure Ulcers

Your wounds and surgical incisions can heal more quickly and with fewer complications if you have proper nutrition. A balanced diet with the right calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals might not be enough to help your body heal. The treatment of pressure ulcers may require more nutrition.
 

Supporting Healing With Nutrition

Proper nutrition can make a difference in how well you heal; the nutritional needs of people with pressure ulcers can be increased.

• Wound healing often requires additional calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals.
• Targeted nutritional therapy may assist with healing even if the diet is well balanced with a variety of foods.
• Fluids are also important because fluid is an essential nutrient that is needed for the normal functioning of cells. Drinking adequate fluids helps maintain vital blood volume. Fluids are especially important if there is a loss of fluid from a wound.

Juven: Two Times per Day

Drinking just two packets of Juven a day provides a nutritional boost to support building new tissue. You can simply mix Juven with water, or mix it with your favorite foods and beverages. Use Juven under medical supervision.

Juven has been clinically shown to begin to support building new tissue in as little as two weeks.¹

A balanced diet should contain everything your body needs to repair tissue. If you are not sure your diet contains all of the necessary nutrients, ask your doctor, nurse, or dietitian about vitamins or minerals you might need.