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Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is gas gangrene?

This is a serious and potentially deadly bacterial infection (clostridial bacteria) that involves the deeper layers of the skin. Patients with poorly controlled diabetes and a poor immune system are at increased risk.

Symptoms of gas gangrene

  • Affected area of skin has stinging or tingling

  • Fever

  • Muscle pain in the limbs when pressed or squeezed

  • Feeling the need to pass motion even though nothing comes out

  • Swelling of any body part

Questions your doctor may ask to check for gas gangrene

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose gas gangrene

  • Do you have any pain or tingling in the affected areas of the skin?

  • Do you have a fever?

  • Do you have pain in the arm and the leg when they are grasped?

  • Do you often have the urge to pass motion but are unable to do so?

  • Do you have any swelling in any part of your body?

Treatment for gas gangrene

This requires emergency medical care for early surgery and strong antibiotics. Sometimes, multiple surgeries are needed to control the infection.

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References

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    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1040638720905830

  • Hart GB, Lamb RC, Strauss MB. Gas gangrene. J Trauma. 1983 Nov;23(11):991-1000. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198311000-00006. PMID: 6355502.

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  • Weinstein L, Barza MA. Gas gangrene. N Engl J Med. 1973 Nov 22;289(21):1129-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197311222892107. PMID: 4585357.

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Reviewed By:

Maxwell J. Nanes

Maxwell J. Nanes, DO (Emergency department)

Dr Nanes received a doctorate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete a residency in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. There he trained at Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in the practice of adult and pediatric emergency medicine. He was a chief resident and received numerous awards for teaching excellence during his time there. | | After residency he took a job at a community hospital where he and his colleagues worked through the toughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. |

Yoshinori Abe

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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