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Overview
According to Hippocratic physicians, gangrene is brought about by three reasons. These include wound constriction that is followed by hemorrhage, body part compression, and necrosis due to bandages. [1]
Gangrene Causes
According to Hippocratic physicians, gangrene is brought about by three reasons.
- Wound constriction that is followed by hemorrhage.
- Body part compression.
- Necrosis due to bandages. [1]
- Table 1 below shows the possible causes of each type of gangrene.
| Type of Gangrene | Etiology |
|---|---|
| Dry Gangrene | Atherosclerosis [3] |
| Thromboembolic diseases | |
| [[Adventitial cystic diseases}] and {{Vasculitis]] | |
| Buerger disease | |
| Popliteal entrapment | |
| Wet gangrene | Infection of the arterial or venous blood flow. |
| Gas gangrene | Infection with Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli, Bacteroides, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and streptococcal infections. [4] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopoulou-Aletra H, Papavramidou N (2009). "The manifestation of "gangrene" in the Hippocratic corpus". Ann Vasc Surg. 23 (4): 548–51. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2009.02.002. PMID 19540438.
- ↑ "StatPearls". 2022. PMID 32809387 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Elsayed S, Clavijo LC (2015). "Critical limb ischemia". Cardiol Clin. 33 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2014.09.008. PMID 25439329.
- ↑ Brucato MP, Patel K, Mgbako O (2014). "Diagnosis of gas gangrene: does a discrepancy exist between the published data and practice". J Foot Ankle Surg. 53 (2): 137–40. doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2013.10.009. PMID 24345706.