Gangrene, the symptoms and treatment of which will be discussed in this article, has crippled many fates. Really an unpleasant disease from which people did not always know salvation. During the wars of past centuries, many soldiers returned home from battlefields without limbs, often not from the fact that they suffered so badly in battle, but from the fact that after the wound they suffered this misfortune. Of course, now amputation is not the best remedy for this disease, however, gangrene still remains what can make even a brave person afraid .
What it is
With gangrene, tissue necrosis occurs . Healthy tissues begin to decompose after they have been damaged as a result of some kind of injury. The decomposition process is irreversible. It can be dry or wet type. Dry gangrene occurs if dead tissue does not have time to become infected with putrefactive parasites. With such gangrene, these cells dry out, and with wet gangrene, they begin to rot.
Dead tissue is a very suitable place for the reproduction of all kinds of microorganisms, and this only contributes to the process of decay. As a result of the fact that the decay products that form in the damaged areas sooner or later enter the body, very severe poisoning can occur from which no organ can be saved. Wet gangrene, the signs and causes of which were specified above, begins to develop on dead tissues of internal organs in the presence of thrombosis of the largest human arteries.
Gangrene: Symptoms
Symptoms of it must be known to everyone, since early diagnosis in this case will significantly facilitate treatment. How can gangrene give itself out? Her symptoms are as follows:
- a person begins to feel worse for no particular reason;
- in the affected area there is nothing unreasonable pain;
- heart rate decreases;
- blood pressure drops;
- the body begins to break.
With dry gangrene, the patient constantly experiences severe ischemic pain in those places where the vessels are clogged. The skin on the affected limb turns pale at the very beginning of the development of the disease, and later acquires a marbled hue. Over time, due to necrosis, the tissues become dry and contract, and the affected area becomes cold to the touch, and the pulse through it is not felt.
Wet gangrene symptoms have the following:
- veins are clearly visible on the affected skin;
- dark red spots;
- the epidermis begins to exfoliate.
It can also be identified by the incredibly nasty and sickening smell that is released during the decay of tissues. It is believed that those who at least once felt it will never forget in their lives.
Gangrene: treatment
Of course, treatment must begin at the very moment that it was discovered. Since any delay can lead to a person losing a limb. The treatment is based on the use of special medications that can restore the immune system and the cardiovascular system. Also, drugs taken by patients are able to overcome the infection itself over time.
Her treatment may well be carried out by an alternative method. Its essence is that all affected gangrene tissue is removed. Of course, this is unpleasant, but in some cases this method may be more effective than taking medication. Judge for yourself, a person starts taking medications, they are not able to overcome the infection, which at the time, while everyone was waiting for a wonderful result from the drugs, was growing. The more time has passed - the more you have to delete. No one can argue that it is better to lose a little flesh than a limb.