Problem
Gangrene
Other Names:
Gas gangreneAerogenes capsulatus infection
Clostridium infection
Clostridial myositis
Nature:
Gangrene means the death of tissues due to lack of blood supply. Gas gangrene is caused when oxygen-starved tissues become infected with a bacterium called Colostridum perfringens, which produces gas under the skin as a byproduct of its metabolism. In the First World War, gas gangrene was so rife that a war injury such as an open fracture of the thigh had an 80 percent death rate.
Broader Problems:
SepsisAnoxemiaFluid retention Narrower Problems:
NomaPulp necrosisImmersion footFournier's gangrene Related Problems:
BoilsDiseases of the blood circulation system Aggravates:
Absence of limbNon-combat death of soldiers Subject(s):
Biosciences → BacteriologyFundamental Sciences → Gaseous state
Medicine → Cancer
Medicine → Circulatory system
Medicine → Muscular system
Medicine → Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST