This eventually damages or destroys skin tissues and may lead to infection and gangrene.
He has faced starvation, suffered frostbite in his fingers and gangrene in his foot.
During Word War I, many were soldiers suffering from gas gangrene, and gunshot wounds were treated.
Other treatments for gangrene may include supportive care, including fluids, nutrients, and pain medication to relieve your discomfort.
At one time, patients might have suffered from gangrene or staph infections, but early treatment with antibiotics prevents that.
Caused by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, gas gangrene is a particularly nasty condition.
Doctors had injected her with an antinausea drug called Phenergan, made by Wyeth, which if used improperly can cause gangrene.
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The plaintiff alleged that a Wyeth drug, Phenergan, was improperly injected, with the result that Ms. Diana Levine lost an arm to gangrene.
The Rocky River, Ohio, resident had a toe on his right foot amputated this year after it became infected with gangrene.
Many of them, especially those who worked in trash dumps, suffered from serious health ailments like Tuberculosis, Gangrene, and Hepatitis B.
Even today, the bacteriophage is used as standard treatment in parts of Eastern Europe for bacterial infections from gangrene to strep throat.
The septic shock had left her with heart and respiratory failure as well as dry gangrene of her foot, which would have to be amputated.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for gas gangrene generally lasts about 90 minutes.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be used to treat gas gangrene.
Mr Fuchs has seen cells built for eight men holding 48, cases of gangrene and tuberculosis left untreated and prisoners kept in unventilated metal shipping containers under the baking sun.
Given what may now happen in the courts, it had to go as a brand to prevent gangrene to the whole of Newscorp: the Church of England's investment fund has demanded the sacking of senior NI managers with immediate disinvestment in the entire Newscorp group as the sanction.
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