Gangrene

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Gangrene

• By Nolan Quinn and Maddy Sorel

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What

• GangreneDeath and decay of body tissue caused by
  insufficient blood supply, Usually following
  disease, infection, injury, blood vessel disease,
  or surgery.
• Thrive where there is no oxygen

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Types and Where

• Dry Gangrene affects bodies extremities
• arteries get blocked tissue slowly dies
• Affected body parts feel cold and turn dark, it
  will dry and wither/eventually falling off
• Mostly affects extremities such as fingers and
  toes
• Wet Gangrene occurs with injury and infection
• Injury restricts blood flow to the certain area
• Blood cant flow to tissue so cant fight
  infection infection sets in,
• Swelling from infection even less blood flow
  fast spreading gangrenelife threatening
• Become swollen, discolored, and smelly.

• Necrotising Fasciitis Caused by serious
  bacterial infection, sometimes referred to as
  flesh-eating bacteria
• Bacteria enters a cut and spreads quickly,
  releases toxins
• Block blood to surrounding skin, causing death of
  skin
• Mostly attacks people with very low immune
  systems
• Gas Gangrene just like Necrotising except
  develops deep in body ex) muscles (mostly from
  surgical wounds)
• Releases gasses and toxins to kill living tissue,
  then spreads
• Loves to be in low oxygen areas

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Types/Where continued

• Internal Gangreneaffects internal organs
• Blood flow to internal organ is blocked
• Happens when complications occur with a hernia
• Usually affects organs such as intestines,
  gallbladder, or appendix.

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How

• Occurs when there is dead tissue
• On toes, fingers and limbs
• It spreads by killing off more tissue
• It spread extremely fast usually must amputate

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Symtoms

• Three types Dry, Wet, Gas
• Dry affected area-cold numb red to brown to
  black and shriveled
• Wet swollen- decays, extremely painful, smelly,
  oozing then turns black and affected person
  develops a fever
• Gas brownish red discharge oozes, Gas produced
  by Clostridia may produce a crackling sensation,
  painful, then high fever and increase in heart
  rate

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Where

• Toes, fingers, limbs
• Internal organs
• Feet legs (most common)

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Civil War
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Graphs/Statistics

• Top countries with condtions Egypt, U.S.A,
  Gerogia, Nepal, Canada

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Treatment

• Antibiotics are available at hospitals
• Administration of pressured oxygen
• Maggot Therapy (popular in WW1)
• Amputation
• Removal of affected area

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Warning

• Gross pictures ahead

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Extra Pictures
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Wet, Dry, and Gas
Gas
Wet
Dry
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Citations

• http//www.emedicinehealth.com/gangrene/article_em
  .htm
• http//www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/gangren
  e
• http//www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_gan_not_els_
  cla-mortality-gangrene-not-elsewhere-classified