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Gangrene and its Homoeopathic Medicine




Macroscopic death of tissue with superadded putrefaction. It affects the limbs, intestine, appendix. 


Pregangrene 

Rest pain, colour changes at rest and at exercise, oedema, hyperaesthesia, skin ulceration due to inadequate blood supply to the limbs. 


Clinical Features of gangrene

A part which is gangrenous is a dead portion of the body. It has no arterial pulsation, venous return on capillary filling.

It has no sensation

The colour initially will be pale and later it changes to dusky grey and finally black.

The black colour is due to disintegration of haemoglobin and formation of iron sulphide.

The gangrenous part has to be treated by surgical excision or debridement, which may amputation to either disarticulation of the toe or even an amputation.

The gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic organism multiply in this segment and can produce septicemia. Thus, this may precipitate multi- organ failure.


Signs of gangrene

Loss of pulsation

Loss of colour

Loss of temperature

Loss of sensation

Loss of function


Basically there are two types of dry Gangrene and wet gangrene.


Dry Gangrene

Cause

Slow occlusion of the arteries


Involvement of part

Small area is gangrenous due to presence of collateral.

Local finding

Dry shrivelled and mummified

Line of demarcation

Usually present

Treatment

Conservative amputation


Wet Gangrene

Cause

Sudden occlusion of the arteries

Involvement of part

Large area is affected due to absence of collateral

Local finding

Wet, turgid, swollen, oedematous

Odour

Foul odour due to sulphurated hydrogen produced by putrefactive bacteria.

Infection

Usually present

Treatment

Major amputation is necessary


Homoeopathic Medicine for Gangrene

  1. Kreosot
  2. Carbo Veg
  3. Sulphur
  4. Arsenicum Album
  5. Antimonium Crudum

 

The selection of homoeopathic remedies based on symptom similarities and doses according to the Susceptibility of patient.

Don't take homoeopathic medicine without any prescription / without any advise of physician.

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