gangrene

Examples of gangrene in the following topics:

• Gangrene

  • Diabetes and long-term smoking increase the risk of suffering from gangrene.
  • The gangrenous tissue most often detaches spontaneously .
  • Gas gangrene is a bacterial infection that produces gas within tissues.
  • Gangrene of the 1st to 4th toes of the right foot of a person with diabetes.
  • Compare and contrast the different types of gangrene: dry, wet, gas, noma, fournier gangrene and necrotizing fasciitis

• Ergot Poisoning

  • The symptoms which present in individuals with ergot poisoning can be classified as convulsive symptoms and gangrenous symptoms.
  • The gangrenous symptoms are a result of vasoconstriction induced by the alkaloids.

• Edible Fungi

  • Even before the discovery of penicillin, people used blue cheese to prevent gangrene in wounds.

• Toxins

  • Ergotism is characterized by detrimental effects on the vascular system in particular, including vasoconstriction of blood vessels resulting in gangrene, and eventually, limb loss if left untreated.