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Most common victims for gas gangrene?
People in car collisions, involved in natural disasters, and drugies.
What is the scientific name for gas gangrene?
Gangrene is the scientific name.
Does Recompression treatment treat gas gangrene?
Yes
How long does it take for gangrene to set in after a cut?
Many people can only live with gangrene no longer than two months. This is because the infection eats away at your body. However, gangrene is no longer a common health ailment.
Is gas gangrene dangerous?
haha idk Okay... Anyway, gas gangrene is mostly caused by a bacteria called Clostridium Perfringes. The bacteria enters the site of trauma or a wound, and then begins producing spores and creating toxins. The toxins destroy tissue and generate gas.(Thus the name Gas Gangrene. Gangrene is a complication of necrosis, or the death of cells or tissue.) It is an often fatal. The treatments are surgery, antibiotics(with limited succes), and hyperbaric oxygen is being tried with varying degrees of succes. If the bacterium are not removed then they will keep spreading. It can cause: air under the skin, anxiety, increased heart rate, fever, severe pain around the injury, skin discoloration, swelling, sweating, blisters, and jaundice(yellow skin color). Symptoms become visible minutes after infection, it is an extremely rapidly progressing disease. Without treatment the condition worsens, progressing from low-blood pressure, to kidney failure, to a coma, and finally to death.
Most common victims for gas gangrene?
People in car collisions, involved in natural disasters, and drugies.
Where does gas gangrene hide out?
Gas Gangrene is in the air if not on your body
Can gas gangrene kill you?
Yes.Gangrene is the death of an area of the body usually due to loss of blood supply. Gangrene can be caused from a bacterial infection that has not been treated; this is wet gangrene. Or, gangrene can be caused by a decrease in blood flow to an area of the body where the tissue in this part of the body has been injured or diseased; this is dry gangrene.
What is the difference between clostridium gas gangrene and clostridium perfringens?
clostridium gas gangrene is an illness due to Clostridium clostridium perfringens is a bacteria and can be at the origin of gas gangrene
What is the scientific name for gas gangrene?
Gangrene is the scientific name.
How many people does gas gangrene affect?
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Can animals get gas gangrene?
maybe
How many people die each year from Gas gangrene?
about 25,000 people die from gangrene a year
How many people get Gas gangrene a year?
Gangrene claims about 25,000 lives each year
How is gangrene cured?
No, it may progress to the point of amputation. Gangrene prouces a gas which permeates the healthy tissues.
Does Recompression treatment treat gas gangrene?
Yes
How long does it take for gangrene to set in after a cut?
Many people can only live with gangrene no longer than two months. This is because the infection eats away at your body. However, gangrene is no longer a common health ailment.
