FOR more than ten years there has been a tendency to use below-the-knee rather than supracondylar amputation at the New England Deaconess Hospital in the management of diabetic gangrene when more ...

One of the many complications of diabetes is amputation of limbs or a part of it like toes or the feet due to diabetic foot ulcers or gangrene. In diabetics, numbness in the feet due to diabetic ...

Pune: Diabetes will reduce blood circulation and damage the nerves to the feet. A majority of people having diabetes will have higher chances of diabetes-related foot attacks. Delay in treatment can ...

Major amputation remains a significant complication of patients with diabetic foot problems. Now, research indicates the predictive factors for below-and above-the-knee amputation in these patients.

Diabetic gangrene is characterized by obstructed supply of blood due to tissue damage or death of the body tissues. It is caused due to an underlying injury, infection or illness resulted from poor ...

The body uses cholesterol molecules for the production of hormones and cells, but not all types of cholesterol benefit health. Some hinder it by catching onto the inner lining of the arteries and ...

BENGALURU: Doctors are reporting cases of gangrene (death of body tissue due to lack of blood flow that affects limbs and sometimes internal organs as well) in post-COVID patients. If there is a delay ...

Like mucormycosis, gangrene is another post-Covid complication reported by many patients, say doctors. Covid has a known tendency of increased clotting of the blood. This has also led to heart attacks ...

As doctors battle to save lives in the wake of the Haiti earthquake, they are having to resort to amputation to combat one of the main threats: gangrene. Jon Snow reports. So far 75,000 bodies have ...