Gangrene

Introduction: Gangrene

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

See full list of 21 symptoms of Gangrene

Medical Textbooks Online about Gangrene

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Gangrene?

• Failure to diagnose Gangrene
• Underlying causes of Gangrene (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Gangrene

Causes of Gangrene

• Loss of blood supply
• Diabetes
• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Frostbite
• Atherosclerosis

See full list of 10 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

Treatments for Gangrene

• Amputation
• Antibiotics
• Treatments for gas gangrene:
  • Surgical incisions to aerate wound
  • Oxidizing agents

See full list of 7 treatments for Gangrene

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Patient Surveys for Gangrene

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Reseach about Gangrene

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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

Read more about Clinical Trials for Gangrene

Statistics for Gangrene

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

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

Read more about Types of 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)