Question 1

can i get gangrene from being around it or touching an infected item?

Accepted Answer

No: Not possible. Gangrene occurs when someone has very poor circulation. People with gangrene have a hard time fighting infections. You may get bacteria on your skin by touching someone's gangrene, but that is about it.

Question 2

i have ingrown toenail ( infected but no pus or blood) so im soaking my feet in vinegar . now i have small black dot on skin near toenail. gangrene?

Accepted Answer

Gangrene: would be rare for a young and healthy patient to get with simply soaking in vinegar for a short time... however, if a patient has limited blood supply and/or has neuropathy in the feet, then the chance of gangrene is exponential.  A picture or exam would give you the best diagnosis and treatment plan you may need!

Question 3

why do people still get gangrene?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes and Smoking: The two most common causes of peripheral arterial disease.  Even in 2013, there is untreatable vascular disease, either due to limitations of medicine or patient non compliance.  Don't smoke, stay active and healthy, and barring any congenital disease, the chance of developing gangrene is very low.

Question 4

do you get tetanus from gangrene?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: The processes which produce gangrene imply the loss of nutrient blood supply to tissue thru infection triggered blood clots, frostbite, etc. As the skin begins to break down the open areas could be contaminated by tetanus spores & tetanus germs could contaminate that wound & produce tetanus. However, gangreen can exist without tetanus germs & have a variety of other germs that are just as deadly.

Question 5

frenulum ripped, can it get gangrene, what to do?

Accepted Answer

Several: Frenulum of tongue?
Frenulum of penis.
Either should heal with cleaning and a week or so, and some topical antibiotic jelly if penis.
Both are vascular tissue and gangrene is unlikely.

Question 6

when does someone get an amputation done? only if gangrene?

Accepted Answer

Most of the time: Amputations are done most likely for gangrene, but also there are other.Her are they:o	 circulatory disorders
o	 neoplasm
o	 trauma
o	 deformities
o	 infection
o	athletic performance
o	 legal punishment.

Question 7

in what way can you get gangrene when you don't smoke much at all and not diabetic. are there any other ways of attracting it?

Accepted Answer

Get hurt: Any really dirty wound or an injury to the bowel invites gas gangrene.

Question 8

how can one get gangrene from infection?

Accepted Answer

Loss blood supply: Gangrene, especially of the lower extremity is not uncommon.  It is mainly the effect of loss of blood supply such as thrombosis or narrowing in femoral vessels of the leg.  With severe infection one can destroy the local blood supply to a minor structure such as the toes which will become gangrenous.

Question 9

how do you get gas gangrene?

Accepted Answer

Serious infection: Gas gangrene occurs from certain types of invasive bacteria that either enter the skin through a wound, or less commonly intestinal organisms that could leak into tissues through a hole. These are rapidly serious invasive infections that do not occur very often. Can be more common in diabetes or other immune deficiency situations. Needs emergency aggressive antibiotic therapy and often surgery.

Question 10

can you get gangrene from piercing ears?

Accepted Answer

Highly unlikely: The definition of gangrene is tissue death due to loss of blood supply.  While it is extremely unlikely,  one can get an infection from anything.  With proper precautions, it is highly unlikely that one would develop gangrene from ear piercing.

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