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Limb amputation may be necessary due to severe injuries, infections, or medical conditions like Diabetes and peripheral artery disease that compromise blood flow and tissue viability. It can also be a treatment for tumors or to prevent the spread of infection when conservative treatments fail. In some cases, amputations are performed to relieve chronic pain or improve the overall quality of life. Ultimately, the decision is made to preserve the patient's health and well-being.
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What are the gender differences in phantom limb syndrome?
There is no known association with age, gender, or which limb is amputated.
What is the condition known as phantom limb?
It occurs when a person feels pin in a limb that has been amputated.
Do they remove limb when you get gangrene?
Not necessarily. It can be treated. In many cases though, the limb may have to be amputated. Each case is different.
What is phantom limb?
the term for abnormal sensations perceived from a previously amputated limb. The abnormal sensations may be painful or nonpainful in nature.
What does the medical term 'Phantom Limb' refer to?
Phantom Limb syndrome is the perception of sensations, usually including pain, in a limb that has been amputated. Patients with this conditions experience the limb as if it were still attached to the body.
Is it possible to feel itch or pain in a missing limb which has been amputated?
No.. unless your a chicken?!
The first apothecaries were established by the Romans in Rome?
Yes, they mostly used herbs and things, but they didn't knock you out if you were to have a limb amputated!
What is limb pit?
In a recent visit to Gettysburg battefield, the park tour guides refered to the "limb pits" that were dug behind the structures used as hospitals to dispose of the amputated limbsof injured soldiers.
What is an amputated limb called?
it is called whatever it is. If it is an amputation below the knee, then the body part is called the lower leg. Its just that simple. It is what it is.
What wounds smell like almonds?
Gangrenous ones, seek medical attention immediately. The limb or didget may haveto be amputated.
How long has phantom limb syndrome been recognized?
Phantom limb syndrome was first described by Ambroise Pare in 1552. Pare, a French surgeon, noticed this phenomenon in soldiers who felt pain in their amputated limbs.
When a limb has been amputated what procedure should be followed with respect to the amputated part?
In a first aid context, you need to do the following AFTER you've treated the patient for bleeding and shock. * Retrieve the severed appendage. * Do NOT clean it unless you suspect the presence of toxic substances. Maintain HAZMAT protocol. * Wrap the limb in CLing, or place it in a waterproof plastic bag, then label the plastic with the time and location you found the limb. Do this in waterproof medium (ink if you have it -- pencil on plastic rescue tablet, etc.) * Place the waterproofed limb on ice, preferably in a cooler -- be careful NOT to freeze the limb, so you want to not fully immerse the limb unless you're certain not to freeze it. * Avoid salt water and other ices that drop the temp to far below 32F/0C. * Transport limb WITH the victim unless this isn't possible (e.g. helicopter rescues and the like). Note in your journal where you found the limb, what time you found it (exactly, and relative to all times entered in your site/event log/patient chart). * Make sure the information about the limb, including where is it at the time, is entered into ALL pertinent documents.
