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Gangrene is often called 'gas gangrene' because it puts out a foul gas when an area is infected. Gangrene is an anaerobicbacterium, which means it grows in places hidden or away from air, let's say like deep down in a wound on your leg. If the infection is allowed to start growing, because circulation was cut off to the wound or wasn't cleaned properly, or treated with antibiotics to kill it, the tissue starts to die, cutting off the air to more tissue (which the bacteria likes) and putting toxins (poisons) out into the body systems. Once gangrene has set it and the leg has turned black, these poisons have to be removed by cutting off the leg, so that the infection won't poison the entire body and kill it.

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Can you find Gangrene in Antarctica?

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How many people die from gangrene each day?

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How many people died from gangrene in 2005 and 2006?

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Who are the most common victims of gangrene?

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What age did Victorian people die and from what?

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Can you die from trenchfoot?

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What is it called when a group of cells in the body die?

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Who discovered gangrene?

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