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Image:AUTOAMPUTATE1.JPG|Diabetic with severe infection and loss of toes - wet gangrene in center. <br> (Image courtesy of Charlie Goldberg, M.D., UCSD School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA) | |||
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====Gas Gangrene==== | ====Gas Gangrene==== |
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Physical Examination
Vitals
Blood Pressure
Low blood pressure is seen.
Extremities
Dry Gangrene
The affected part is dry, shrunken and dark black, resembling mummified flesh.
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Diabetic ulceration with central "dry" gangrene and toward the edges wet gangrene with some ascending cellulitis
(Image courtesy of Charlie Goldberg, M.D., UCSD School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA)
Wet Gangrene
The affected part is edematous, soft, putrid, rotten and dark.
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Diabetic with severe infection and loss of toes - wet gangrene in center.
(Image courtesy of Charlie Goldberg, M.D., UCSD School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA)
Gas Gangrene
Gas gangrene can cause necrosis and gas production.
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Patient with peripheral vascular disease that has lead to infarct of several toes.
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Same patient. Normal left foot for comparison.