{"id":51465,"date":"2025-01-22T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/metanium-ointment-appeal-for-disabled-teen-on-last-tube\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:36:00","slug":"metanium-ointment-appeal-for-disabled-teen-on-last-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=51465","title":{"rendered":"Metanium ointment appeal for disabled teen on &#8216;last tube&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said her 19-year-old son&#8217;s spasticity meant his skin was particularly vulnerable to damage, including pressure and moisture sores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The family obtained Metanium on prescription after a range of other ointments proved unsatisfactory, but their supply is almost exhausted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There are others we can use, but they tend to be more oily,&#8221; Mrs Rabbett said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They&#8217;re not going to dry, they will lock in moisture damage and prevent more taking place, but they won&#8217;t dry out any barrier damage already there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Anyone who has a pressure sore knows they are very painful and uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For someone who can&#8217;t express that pain and discomfort, as George can&#8217;t, it is quite distressing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5yv5495eexo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She said her 19-year-old son&#8217;s spasticity meant his skin was particularly vulnerable to damage, including pressure&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1269,2493,4762,4763,2620,4764],"class_list":["post-51465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-appeal","tag-disabled","tag-metanium","tag-ointment","tag-teen","tag-tube"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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