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Gangrene

Gangrene: Introduction

Gangrene: Tissue death. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Gangrene is available below.

Symptoms of Gangrene

• Symptoms of dry gangrene:
  • Local redness
  • Local coldness
  • Local brown discoloration
  • Local blackening
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Gangrene

Treatments for Gangrene

• Amputation
• Antibiotics
• Treatments for gas gangrene:
  • Surgical incisions to aerate wound
  • Oxidizing agents
• more treatments...»

See full list of 7 treatments for Gangrene

Wrongly Diagnosed with Gangrene?

• Misdiagnosis of Gangrene
• Failure to diagnose Gangrene
• Hidden causes of Gangrene (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Gangrene

Gangrene: Related Patient Stories

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Gangrene: Deaths

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Alternative Treatments for Gangrene

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Gangrene may include:

• Lachesis homeopathic remedy
• Secale homeopathic remedy
• Arsenicum album homeopathic remedy
• Crotalus horridus homeopathic remedy
• Cantharis homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Types of Gangrene

• Dry gangrene - caused by poor blood supply
• Moist gangrene - caused by caused by bacteria
• Gas gangrene - caused by a particular strain of Clostridium bacteria
• more types...»

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Gangrene: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Gangrene:

• Tissue death
• Amputation
• Blood poisoning - from moist gangrene
• Death - from blood poisoning
• Delirium - from gas gangrene
• more complications...»

Causes of Gangrene

• Loss of blood supply
• Diabetes
• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Frostbite
• Atherosclerosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 77 causes of Gangrene

More information about causes of Gangrene:

• Drug interactions causing Gangrene (36 listings)
• Underlying causes of Gangrene
• Gangrene as a complication caused by other conditions
• Gangrene as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Gangrene

Disease Topics Related To Gangrene

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Gangrene:

• Dry gangrene
• Wet gangrene
• Diabetes mellitus
• Blood vessel disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Arteriosclerosis
• Smoking
• more related diseases...»

Latest Treatments for Gangrene

• Penicillin G
• Clindamycin
• Ceftriaxone
• Erythomycin
• Penicillin
• more treatments...»

See full list of 9 latest treatments for Gangrene

Research about Gangrene

Visit our research pages for current research about Gangrene treatments.

Clinical Trials for Gangrene

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Gangrene include:

• Stem Cell Study for Patients With Leg Ulcer/Gangrene - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Intra-Arterial Stem Cell Therapy for Patients With Chronic Limb Ischemia (CLI) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Daptomycin for the Treatment of Severe Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Daptomycin 6mg/kg/day
• more trials...»

Read more about Clinical Trials for Gangrene

Statistics for Gangrene

• Medical statistics for Gangrene
• Death and Mortality statistics for Gangrene
• Society statistics for Gangrene

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Definitions of Gangrene:

Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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