{"id":989596,"date":"2021-04-12T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T08:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/?p=989596"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T09:49:45","slug":"gangrene-types-of-gangrene-causes-symptoms-and-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/gangrene-types-of-gangrene-causes-symptoms-and-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangrene: Types of Gangrene, Causes, Symptoms and Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<p>Gangrene is a serious, life threatening condition in which body tissue dies&nbsp; due to lack of blood supply. There are many types of gangrene conditions and which can cause pain,swelling, numbness or skin colour changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Types of Gangrene<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wet gangrene \u2013 Here, the tissue swells up and gets blisters<\/li><li>Dry gangrene \u2013 Here, the tissue dries up and falls off. It is most commonly seen at the ends of the fingers and toes.<\/li><li>Gas gangrene \u2013 Here the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bacteria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bacteria<\/a>&nbsp;infect tissue and causes gas bubbles inside it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dry gangrene: Symptoms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Pale or dark looking skin<\/li><li>Hard, dry skin and tissue<\/li><li>Cool feeling skin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wet Gangrene \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Swelling<\/li><li>Blisters<\/li><li>Wet looking tissue<\/li><li>Dark skin<\/li><li>Foul smell<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gas Gangrene \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Blisters \u2013 Clear or turn red, purple, or blue<\/li><li>Tissue which gives a crackling sound on pressing<\/li><li>Severe pain<\/li><li>Numbness or heavy feeling in the area<\/li><li>Fever<\/li><li>Flu like symptoms<\/li><li>Confusion<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gangrene-Types-of-Gangrene-Causes-Symptoms-and-Treatments-IDEA-clinics.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gangrene-Types-of-Gangrene-Causes-Symptoms-and-Treatments-IDEA-clinics.png 560w, https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gangrene-Types-of-Gangrene-Causes-Symptoms-and-Treatments-IDEA-clinics-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gangrene-Types-of-Gangrene-Causes-Symptoms-and-Treatments-IDEA-clinics-453x255.png 453w, https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gangrene-Types-of-Gangrene-Causes-Symptoms-and-Treatments-IDEA-clinics-340x191.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n\n\n<p><strong>Gangrene Warning signs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain warning signs need to be looked for and treatment should be seeked immediately in cases of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hard or numb area on a finger or toe<\/li><li>Any skin changes or wound on your foot that is not healing, specially if you are a diabetic<\/li><li>After an injury\/surgery, &nbsp;if pain increases in that area, you feel ill or &nbsp;the skin changes color , it maybe a sign of infection which if not treated properly, may cause gangrene.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gangrene Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending upon whether you have dry gangrene or wet gangrene you may have to undergo the following tests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Blood tests \u2013 These tests are done to find out if there is infection. The results can confirm if gangrene or an infection is causing symptoms.<\/li><li>CT scan or MRI Imaging: These tests are done to see images of inside the body. If there is gas in the tissue,it is a sign of gas gangrene.<\/li><li>Blood flow measurement tests \u2013 These tests can show doctors if there is any obstruction of flow of blood through blood vessels and how serious is the problem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gangrene&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Antibiotics are given into a vein to treat the infection.<\/li><li>Scraping and excision of dead\/dying tissue \u2013 This prevents the spread of gangrene. This has to be done on a daily basis for sometime till complete healing occurs.<\/li><li>Amputation \u2013 This is a surgery where the surgeon excises parts of body such as toes, feet etc that are infected by gangrene.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prevention of Gangrene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/diabetes-specialist-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diabetic patients<\/a>&nbsp;should monitor their blood sugar regularly. Long standing high sugars can cause nerve, eyes, kidney damage. Taking good care of your feet is important. Infected foot injury can cause gangrene.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gangrene is a serious, life threatening condition in which body tissue dies&nbsp; due to lack of blood supply. There are many types of gangrene conditions and which can cause pain,swelling, numbness or skin colour changes. Types of Gangrene: Wet gangrene \u2013 Here, the tissue swells up and gets blisters Dry gangrene \u2013 Here, the tissue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":989597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989598,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989596\/revisions\/989598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaclinics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}