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With an untreated leg injury, how long would you have until you got gangrene?

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Dr. Barry Press answered

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Depends: Gangrene is just another term for dead tissue. It can be located anywhere, and depending on its cause, may be present in multiple locations on the body. A leg injury may or may not become gangrenous, depending on a multitude of factors.

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Answered 7/12/2012

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I have a cellulitis on my leg and under the main patch is thick and the area became numb. Reddish/brownish and more raised. This isn't gangrene right?

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What does it mean if someone i know has a purple color all over his legs? he showed it to me last wk, i told him to go to the er. he had black spots too, does he have gangrene? and are his legs going to have to come off cause of it, just wondered.

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Dx cellulitis top of foot,7 days smz&rx cream completed.Dk purp/grn,puss,very painful&swollen,more sores up leg,worse since tx.Could it be gangrene?

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