Gangrene essentially means death of tissues due to lack of blood supply and invasion of deeper tissues with infection. Gangrene may be broadly classified into two types – dry and wet gangrene. There ...

Type 2 diabetes is a condition whereby the sufferer experiences dangerous levels of high blood sugar and this can also affect their blood vessels and limit the blood flow to the feet. This causes a ...

It is the dying or dead body tissue that occurs as a result of a bacterial infection or inadequate blood flow. It tends to affect the extremities the fingers, toes and limbs. My maternal grandmother's ...

Susan Kwamboka, 36, knows only too well the pain of losing a mother to gangrene, a condition that consumed her alive, causing some of her toes to fall off. Gangrene occurs when body tissues dies due ...

Diabetic gangrene is characterized by obstructed supply of blood due to tissue damage or death of the body tissues. It is caused due to an underlying injury, infection or illness resulted from poor ...

Please inform me on how gangrene is formed or how it starts. Also what to look out for and its symptoms. Answer::Dear snitch Gangrene is caused by tissue dying due to blood flow being cut off - can be ...

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The most pressing issues in this patient are the treatment of progressive gangrene in affected digits and the prevention of future digital gangrene. The specific therapies that have been used for the ...