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What role did gangrene play in the civil war?
{| |- | Gangrene and infection where major problems during the Civil War. Because of them, the typical treatment for a shattered limb was amputation. Tens of thousands of soldiers lost legs and arms in order to prevent gangrene, or to remove limbs already infected with it. |}
What can happen to parts of your body from very serious frostbite?
It is possible, but blood loss is accompanied by gangrene.
Can people die from gangrene?
Any age, though the average age is 67. Gangrene is when blood stops flowing to a limb or limbs and cells begin to die. You often get gangrene from frostbite, if you have diabetes, if you smoke, or if you get a serious burn or injury.
What is acute peripheral circulatory failure?
Sudden failure of the circulatory system in the limbs or a limb often resulting in gangrene and subsequent organ failure.
How did amputations take place during the civil war?
Surgeons worked without benefit of anesthesia or antiseptics. The object was to remove the affected limb as quickly as possible. Many soldiers died of septic infections or had to undergo a second amputation due to gangrene.
How many cuts to remove a large limb?
You have to make 3006785 large holes ( the size of a potatoe) to remove a limb
Treatment for gas gangrene?
{| |- | There was only one main treatment for gangrene at the time of the Civil War. The only way to save their lives was to amputate that limb. Thousands upon thousands of soldiers lost arms and legs in during the Civil War. |}
When a tree limb falls on a fence who is responsible to remove the tree limb?
Nobody.
Why is gangreen worse then inflammation?
Becase in order to stop gangrene you have amputate a limb. With inflammation you can just take an ibuprofen & it'll go away in an hour.
What is gangrenous tissue?
Gangrene is the death and decay of body tissue, often occurring in a limb, caused by insufficient blood supply and usually following an injury or disease.
How do you trim a soaptree yucca with a dead limb?
remove the dead limb all the way to the base
How can gangrene be cured?
When Gangrene sets in on the body, the most common form of cure is amputation, as the longer the infected limb is attached, the more it will spread. There are drugs and medicine's that could slow the infection rate, but not completely.
