People with diabetes are at an increased risk of gangrene for several reasons, including poor wound healing and loss of feeling in the feet. Gangrene requires immediate treatment, but amputations ...

Fournier’s gangrene is a form of necrotizing fasciitis, a condition that leads to tissue death. It can cause pain and swelling in the genital, perineal, or perianal regions of the body ...

Gangrene is a type of tissue death which occurs due to loss of blood supply. This may affect any part of the body but usually affects the peripheral extremities like feet, toes, fingers, hands ...

In severe cases of gangrene resulting from frostbite, there is only one proven remedy: amputation. But the Army last week announced a less drastic remedy that looks promising. Its name ...

The study looks at ties between the Type 2 diabetes drugs known as SGLT2 inhibitors and the genital infection called Fournier gangrene. It follows a warning about the link from the Food and ...

A persistent wound that fails to heal within a few weeks could be a sign of gangrene, a condition caused by the death of ...

What Is Fournier's Gangrene? Fournier’s gangrene is a very serious, sometimes fatal infection in your genital or anal area. It’s a type of necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease ...