Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. It was in Chicago in 1971, and the man had gotten drunk and passed out in the snow, his fingers so frozen that gangrene eventually set in. Dr. Hackett later worked at Mount Everest Basecamp, on Denali,…#peterhackett #mounteverestbasecamp #denali #alaska #colorado #anchorage (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
The F.D.A. recently approved the first therapy for patients in danger of losing their toes, fingers and other exposed parts of the body. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: Amputation Homeless Persons Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Research Frostbite Gangrene Cold and Cold Spells Food and Drug Administration New England Journal of Medicine your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Diabetic Foot Increases the Risk for Early Death Diabetic Foot Increases the Risk for Early Death
Patients who underwent amputation due to a diabetic foot event had a greater risk for early death regardless of the presence or absence of ulcers or gangrene before the amputation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - January 31, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
New graphic health warnings on cigarette packs unveiled by Health Canada
A bulging lump on someone's tongue and a big toe that has turned greenish-black from gangrene among 14 new graphic health warnings on cigarette packages starting to appear on store shelves. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Self-inflicted genital ulcer: an intriguing case report - Vedhanayagam M, Rajagopalan R, Revathi K, Dasar H, Balamurugan BR, Srinivasahan KG.
Self inflicted genital ulcer due to penile constriction injury is a rare clinical entity, which requires urgent management to prevent its devastating outcomes such as penile gangrene and auto amputation. Although this is common, definitely, it is of intere... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Penile strangulation secondary to a plastic bottle neck - Bahadori A, Bray G, Khan M.
Penile strangulation from a foreign body is a rare presentation to the emergency department. It must be treated as soon as possible as any delay in management can lead to complications such as gangrene and amputation of the penis. There is no superior stan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Man is almost killed while gardening 'after WW1-era bug lurking in soil got into his sore'
EXCL: Gas gangrene, an infection that devastated troops in WW1, made a surprise return to Sweden after a 64-year-old man needed six surgeries after he caught the bug while working in his garden. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I Feel Like I ’m Burning Alive. It ’ s Hard for People to Believe Me
In 2018, I woke up on my birthday around 2 or 3 a.m. with a funny feeling in my left hand. It started as a slight itch on my thumb that quickly morphed into a different sensation—the feeling of the thumb beginning to swell, followed by the same feeling in my fingers and sections of my palm, until my hand was almost double its normal size. Later that morning, I visited an orthopedist I’d seen once or twice before for other reasons. He gave me a shot to prevent further swelling, and I went on my way. It was an unremarkable visit. Soon after, another strange thing happened: My hands began to feel like they were on...
Source: TIME: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Je Banach Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance health Source Type: news
How Good is Cholecystectomy For Biliary Dyskinesia in Pediatric Patients?
Discussion
Biliary disease includes gallstones, cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), cholangiopathy and cholangitis (pathology of the bile ducts), biliary dyskinesia, gangrene, and cancer. Some are often overlapping as gallstones often contributing to cholecystitis and cholangitis.
Biliary dyskinesia (BD) is well-recognized in adults. Adult criteria include: “abdominal pain located in the epigastrium and/or right upper quadrant along with; buildup of pain to a steady level and lasting 30 minutes or longer, pain occurring at different intervals and not daily, severe enough to interrupt activities or lead t...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 30, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Telltale signs high cholesterol is causing dead tissue in your foot
High cholesterol can cause peripheral artery disease - a condition that can result in gangrene of the feet. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fasciocutaneous Superomedial Thigh Flap in Fournier Gangrene Fasciocutaneous Superomedial Thigh Flap in Fournier Gangrene
This reconstructive method combined with vacuum-assisted closure therapy could be an effective approach to the management of tissue defects in Fournier gangrene.ePlasty (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 1, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Doctors in Anti-Abortion States Now Have No Idea When They ’re Allowed to Save a Pregnant Person’s Life
One of the first patients emergency medicine physician Dr. Taylor Nichols ever treated on his own was a woman who had an ectopic pregnancy—a dangerous condition in which a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, potentially causing life-threatening bleeding if it ruptures the organ in which it’s growing. She came into the hospital stable. By the time Nichols examined her, she was hemorrhaging.
Nichols got her into emergency surgery, where an ob-gyn operated to save the patient’s life. By that point, it was clear there was no other option. But had he been practicing in a state where ending a pregnancy is ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme and Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized abortion healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
What is in the Differential Diagnosis for Black and White Skin Conditions?
Discussion
This is the third in a short case series of differential diagnoses of colored skin conditions.
An introduction to dermatological terminologies and information about colors can be can be found here.
A differential diagnosis by distribution and common pattern can be found here.
For red, orange and yellow conditions, a review can be found here.
For green, blue and purple conditions, a review can be found here.
For brown and grey conditions, a review can be found here.
Note that any color can be a normal variant for an individual or is physiologic for a given state. When lesions of the opposite color of the normal s...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 9, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Pregnant Woman With Crohn's Disease Experiences Perianal Pain
(MedPage Today) -- Pain may be sole symptom of Fournier's gangrene in the immunosuppressed (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 25, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Perianal Infections in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy Perianal Infections in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy
Patients with hematologic malignancies may develop perianal infection, which can progress to Fournier ' s gangrene. How should these cases be managed?Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
